Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a smooth bore; not rifled: noting the barrel of a gun or the gun itself.
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Examples
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Dougal noticed the walls were patrolled by white-armored members of the Seraph, armed with the newer, smooth-bored muskets.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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Dougal noticed the walls were patrolled by white-armored members of the Seraph, armed with the newer, smooth-bored muskets.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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Dougal noticed the walls were patrolled by white-armored members of the Seraph, armed with the newer, smooth-bored muskets.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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Dougal noticed the walls were patrolled by white-armored members of the Seraph, armed with the newer, smooth-bored muskets.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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Although Holland & Holland may be better known for its rifles, it also makes fine smooth-bored shotguns.
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After inspecting my battery, he particularly approved of a smooth-bored double-barrel (Beattie of Regent Street) carrying six to the pound.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The Spanish muskets and carbines, being smooth-bored, were far less accurate than the rifles, and a volley fired at this distance was a volley wasted.
Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988
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The endurance of a smooth-bored gun with service charges may be surely predicted by observation of the progressive wear of the interior orifice of the vent.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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Observation of the wear of the vent in proof firing of smooth-bored guns gives the following as the average diameter of the vent, after the undermentioned number of fires:
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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As the best indication of the amount of firing to which any smooth-bored gun has been exposed, when it is not otherwise known, is given by the enlargement of the vent, particular attention will be paid, in the reinspection of the guns, to this point.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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