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Definition of .45 calibre
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter.
Lexicographical Neighbors of .45 Calibre
Literary usage of .45 calibre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wilderness Hunter: An Account of the Big Game of the United States and by Theodore Roosevelt (1893)
"Another uses always the old 45-calibre Sharps', and yet another the 45- calibre
Remington. Two of the best bear and elk hunters I know prefer the 32- and ..."
2. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt (1893)
"One of my friends invariably uses an old Government Springfield, a 45-calibre,
with an ounce bullet. Another cares for nothing but the 40-90 Sharps', ..."
3. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1905)
"... the lower diagram represents a 15-inch smooth-bore of the Civil War, superimposed
upon a 12- inch breech-loading 45-calibre rifle of to-day. ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Our 12-inch naval gun, increased from 45 calibre to 50 calibre, ... Our next
step, the 45-calibre 14-inch naval gun, has a projectile of 1400 pounds and ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York by American Geographical Society of New York (1891)
"There will be also a Winchester 45- calibre repeating rifle, ... The Winchester
and Daly shot-guns take the same shell, the 45-calibre Winchester and the ..."
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