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rifling

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ri=fling

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rifling has 1 sense

rifling(n = noun.act) grooving - the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm; Array

is a kind of formation, shaping

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CIDE DICTIONARY

rifling, n.

The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. [1913 Webster]

Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

rifling, n. the arrangement of grooves on the inside of a gun's barrel.

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