Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sight placed on or near the muzzle of a gun; a front sight.
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Examples
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In point-blank firing, the breech-sight is not required; the eye must then range along the cylinder and muzzle-sight.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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Coldly as though at a target-shot, he brought the muzzle-sight to bear on that deep, crawling shadow.
Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906
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The baffling shadows and the moonbeams on the barrel, and the faint reflection from the dew or hoar-frost on the grass, prevent more than a general direction being given to the gun, even with the tiny piece of white paper which some affix to the muzzle-sight as a guide.
The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867
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How can he possibly get a correct aim with "ball" out of a smoothbore, without squinting along the barrel and taking the muzzle-sight accurately?
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Samuel White Baker 1857
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