Definition of Chambering

1. n. Lewdness.

Definition of Chambering

1. Verb. (present participle of chamber) ¹

2. Noun. The chamber of a gun or other firearm. ¹

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Definition of Chambering

1. chamber [v] - See also: chamber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chambering

chamber
chamber ensemble
chamber ensembles
chamber music
chamber of commerce
chamber orchestra
chamber orchestras
chamber organ
chamber pot
chamber pots
chambered
chambered nautilus
chamberer
chamberers
chambering (current term)
chamberings
chamberlain
chamberlains
chamberlainship
chamberlainships
chamberlike
chambermaid
chambermaids
chamberpot
chamberpots
chambers of commerce
chambersite
chambira

Literary usage of Chambering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... yielding velocities of 2000 f. в., and no doubt a fresh development of the new principles of air-spacing and chambering (already initiated in the Royal ..."

2. Sermons Preached Before His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales: During His by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1859)
"Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. ..."

3. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"... revelling 1¡3 Let us walk ' honestly, as ii the day ; not in 'rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and ..."

4. Internal Ballistics by James Atkinson Longbridge (1889)
"chambering. 412. A good deal of importance has been attached to chambering, as if it were a means of reducing the maximum pressure in a gun, ..."

5. Book of Family Prayer: Bible Lessons with Meditations for Each Day, Arranged by Nils Jakob Jensen Laache (1902)
"... as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, ..."

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