- rifle bore
- tubo raiado
English-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology. 2014.
rifle bore
Look at other dictionaries:
Rifle — A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ( rifling ) cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called lands, which make contact with the… … Wikipedia
bore — Ⅰ. bore [1] ► VERB 1) make (a hole) in something with a drill or other tool. 2) hollow out (a gun barrel or other tube). ► NOUN 1) the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube. 2) the diameter of this: a small bore rifle … English terms dictionary
rifle — Ⅰ. rifle [1] ► NOUN 1) a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel to make a bullet spin and thereby increase accuracy over a long distance. 2) (rifles) troops armed with rifles. ► VERB 1) (usu. as adj.… … English terms dictionary
rifle — rifle1 /ruy feuhl/, n., v., rifled, rifling. n. 1. a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory. 2. one of the grooves. 3. a cannon with… … Universalium
bore — bore1 boreable, borable, adj. /bawr, bohr/, v., bored, boring, n. v.t. 1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument. 2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument. 3. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine,… … Universalium
rifle — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder level. 2 (in pl.) riflemen. v.tr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin. Phrases and idioms: rifle bird any dark green Australian… … Useful english dictionary
rifle — {{11}}rifle (n.) 1775, portable firearm having a spirally grooved bore, used earlier of the grooves themselves (1751), noun use of rifled (pistol), 1680s, from verb meaning to cut spiral grooves in (a gun barrel), 1630s, probably from Fr. rifler … Etymology dictionary
rifle — I. verb (rifled; rifling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French rifler to scrape off, plunder, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German riffilōn to saw, obsolete Dutch rijffelen to scrape Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to ransack … New Collegiate Dictionary
bore — bore1 verb 1》 make (a hole) in something with a drill or other tool. ↘hollow out (a gun barrel or other tube). 2》 (of an athlete or racehorse) push another competitor out of the way. noun the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.… … English new terms dictionary
rifle — A firearm having rifling in the bore and designed to be fired from the shoulder … Forensic science glossary
rifle — rifle1 noun 1》 a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel to make a bullet spin and thereby increase accuracy over a long distance. 2》 (rifles) troops armed with rifles. verb 1》 [usu. as adjective… … English new terms dictionary
