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Definition of Rifled
1. Adjective. Of a firearm; having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel.
Definition of Rifled
1. Adjective. (context: firearms) Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy. ¹
2. Verb. (past of rifle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rifled
1. rifle [v] - See also: rifle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rifled
Literary usage of Rifled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"The elongated bullet was first used with rifled small-arms, ... rifled ordnance
were, therefore, called into existence to meet the requirements of the time. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"When first elongated rifled projectiles were introduced, ... The first armour-piercing
rifled guns were the 7-incli Armstrong breech-loaders, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"will depend on the quality of the metal used, Th« groove of a rifled guu is ...
Breech-loading and muzzle-loading rifled ordnance have each their advocates. ..."
4. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1894)
"Worden, fruir 8 inch 55 cwt. three 9-inch aud one KO-pdr. rifled; ... 57 cwt..
one li-pdr rifled; cwt; Putnam, Acting Master ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1864)
"One 150 pounder, rifled, pivot. Two IX inch, smooth, broadside. Two howitzers.
The armament of purchased vessels is conditioned according to their character ..."
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