Explore Hammerless through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hammerless in a sentence
Hammerless meaning
- Without a hammer.
- Not requiring the use of a hammer.
- Without a visible hammer; said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.
Using Hammerless
- The main meaning on this page is: Without a hammer. | Not requiring the use of a hammer. | Without a visible hammer; said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.
- In the example corpus, hammerless often appears in combinations such as: hammerless shotgun, the hammerless.
Context around Hammerless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hammerless
- In this selection, "hammerless" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1860s, american, automatic, shotgun, shotguns and guns stand out and add context to how "hammerless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hammerless shotguns the and incorporated a hammerless striker cocked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hammerless" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hammerless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hammerless shotguns The origins of the hammerless shotgun are European but otherwise obscure. (13 words)
Daniel Myron LeFever is credited with the invention of the American hammerless shotgun. (13 words)
He went on to patent the first truly automatic hammerless shotgun in 1883. (13 words)
Swiss gunsmith Friedrich Martini devised an action that resembled the Peabody but incorporated a hammerless striker cocked by the operating lever with the same motion that pivoted the block. (29 words)
By the 1860s hammerless guns were increasingly used in Europe both in war and sport although hammer guns were still very much in the majority. (25 words)
The most widely used British hammerless needle-fire shotgun was the unusual hinged-chamber fixed-barrel breech-loader by Joseph Needham, produced from the 1850s. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
Hammerless shotguns The origins of the hammerless shotgun are European but otherwise obscure.
By the 1860s hammerless guns were increasingly used in Europe both in war and sport although hammer guns were still very much in the majority.
Daniel Myron LeFever is credited with the invention of the American hammerless shotgun.
He went on to patent the first truly automatic hammerless shotgun in 1883.
However, the most successful hammerless innovation of the 1870s was Anson and Deeley's boxlock patent of 1875.
Swiss gunsmith Friedrich Martini devised an action that resembled the Peabody but incorporated a hammerless striker cocked by the operating lever with the same motion that pivoted the block.
The first significant encroachment on hammer guns was a hammerless patent which could be used with a conventional side-lock.
The most widely used British hammerless needle-fire shotgun was the unusual hinged-chamber fixed-barrel breech-loader by Joseph Needham, produced from the 1850s.
Common combinations with hammerless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: