rifling

/'raifliɳ/

Thân thiện

A gunsmith inspects the rifling inside a rifle barrel.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The process or technique of cutting spiral grooves on the interior surface of a firearm's barrel. This process imparts a spin to the projectile, stabilizing its flight for improved accuracy.
   • The system of spiral grooves themselves inside a gun barrel. This is the pattern created by the rifling process.

Usage

• Noun:
  • The rifling in this antique musket is nearly worn smooth.
  • Modern barrels are manufactured with precise rifling to ensure the bullet's stability.

Advanced Usage

• "To wear the rifling": Describes the erosion or smoothing of the grooves inside a barrel due to extensive use.
  • After thousands of rounds, the rifling at the muzzle began to show significant wear.

Variants and Related Words

• Rifle (verb): To cut spiral grooves inside a barrel.
  • The gunsmith will rifle the new barrel tomorrow.
• Rifled (adjective): Describing a barrel that has spiral grooves.
  • A rifled barrel is essential for long-range accuracy.

Synonyms

• Grooving: The act of cutting grooves. (More general, not specific to firearms).
• Spiraling: The characteristic spiral pattern. (Descriptive, not technical).

Related Phrases

• "Lands and grooves”: The raised and cut portions, respectively, that make up the rifling pattern.
  • Forensic experts can match a bullet to a firearm by examining the marks from the lands and grooves.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

Từ đồng nghĩa

• grooving