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Rifling meaning
The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. | The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. 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. | The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.
Example sentences (20)
Even with the advent of rifling the bullet itself didn't change, but was wrapped in a greased, cloth patch to grip the rifling grooves.
Conyard stepped up and made no mistake from the spot, rifling his effort past Haywood with power into the top left-hand corner.
Instead, the heartbroken star found out on her own by rifling through Sandoval’s phone.
White took the puck at the Penguins blue line, then muscled past a defender before curling into the Senators’ zone and rifling a wrist shot to the back of the net.
Four minutes later Hospitals restored their lead in spectacular style, Johnny Browne rifling a shot into the top corner of the net from 25 yards.
He then asked the couple to hold taps upstairs - before rifling through their home.
Over a west London dinner party, after rifling through cassette tapes in search of a tune and a theme, they decided ultimately it wouldn't.
She went searching for the son, Zodiac, she gave up and when she found Kit, with her rifling through his draws after pretending to be a cleaner, he lied and said he wasn't adopted but it was later confirmed that Bernie had found the son she gave up.
The meta show is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, rifling through such powerful topics as love, jealousy, and regret.
The second was a more single-minded and relentless, rifling in near post with others to his right baying for the ball – but after he’d just teed up a three-on-one chance which was spurned, Gakpo in this mood was not passing up another.
As this is a different approach from the lands and grooves paradox rifling, it allows both companies to diversify their product line in the event of a potential paradox rifle ban.
First, while Malick was rifling around in Jemma's mind, we saw a couple of iconic flashback moments, including a clip from the end of season one, when FitzSimmons was trapped at the bottom of the ocean.
Have you seen that spiral rifling out of his left hand?
It was one of the first pieces of that caliber to incorporate rifling thus permitting a rotary motion to the shell for improved shooting accuracy.
At the Trinity Mission Center, a church in Forest that serves as a crisis response center, a man who was swept up in the raids stood by his van, rifling through confusing legal papers, unsure of his next court date.
There is a pivotal scene in Rocketman where the teenage Elton is shown trying to connect with his father through music, rifling through his record collection and holding up an album for them to enjoy together.
Kyrgios started as the entertainer but it was now Federer putting on the show, the 20-times major winner flicking a sublime backhand winner then rifling a forehand cross court to charge to 5-0 before seizing a two-sets-to-love lead with his 10th ace.
All cast lead bullets, whether with or without a gas check, must still be lubricated, to prevent leading of the rifling of the barrel.
Although rifling had been tried on small arms since the 15th century, the necessary machinery to accurately rifle artillery was only available by the mid-19th century.
A number of recent spreader chokes, such as the Briley "Diffusion" line, actually use rifling in the choke to spin the shot slightly, creating a wider spread.