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1 definition found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ri·fling
n.
(a)
The
act
or
process
of
making
the
grooves
in
a
rifled
cannon
or
gun
barrel
.
(b)
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
.
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