Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A municipal borough of south-central England southwest of London. The capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, it was an important center of learning that attracted many religious scholars after the Norman Conquest (1066). Population: 41,400.
- A trademark used for a shoulder firearm.
Wiktionary
- n. The county town of Hampshire, England; or any of the towns named after it.
- n. A habitational surname.
- n. Usual shortened form for Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
- n. A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a shoulder rifle
- n. a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
Etymologies
- From the Old English Wintanceastre. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I know they are different designs, with the top vs. side ejection, but the Winchester is an American icon.”
“But the Winchester is a habit more deeply ingrained than even Shaun's daily stop for a soda, and the pub will not let him leave without a fight.”
“The .358 Winchester is in very good condition, but I still use it occasionally.”
“Thomas was born in Winchester, Kentucky, to Lebanese Christian immigrants [1] from Tripoli, Lebanon, which at the time was part of Syria.”
“Any off the shelf 150 or 165 grain Hornady, Remington Core-Lokt®, Federal or Winchester is plenty sufficient.”
“I have found that identical loads in Winchester brass shoots differently than the same loads in Remington and/or Federal brass, so keeping them separate and grouped together will yield more consistency from one shot to the next.”
“Winchester is back with the M70 and better than ever.”
Isn't it wonderful that we have so much to choose from as gun nuts and rifle loonys?
“With an appropriate bullet/load, the .308 Winchester is capable of taking any game out to 300+ yards (maybe not much farther is very practical).”
“My .358 Winchester is loaded well below max to get a nice tight group at about 2,400 fps mv.”
“Captain Winchester did at that point rush forward with a slim anecdote of Cudjoe Lewis, the last slave to be transported across the Atlantic in 1859.”
The Guardian: Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester – review
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