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▪ I. ˈrifling, vbl. n.1
[f. rifle v.1]
The action of the vb.; plundering, sacking; an instance of this.
1326[see rifler1]. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 238, ‘I wende ryflynge were restitucioun,’ quod he. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 585/2 After many soules sent vnto the deuill by theym, they shoulde..fall to ryfling, robbery, murdre, and manslaughter. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 84 Such as resisted them in their rifelynges and spoyles. 1633Heywood Eng. Trav. ii. i, Here comes some, that it seems were at the rifling of the dead carcases. a1662Heylin Laud i. (1671) 181 Found in the rifling of his Study amongst the rest of his Papers. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. xiv. 285 They still remember..the sacking of their cities, the rifling of their convents. 1862S. St. John Forests Far East I. 58 The rifling of the place of interment has often given great and deserved offence to the relations. 1870Disraeli Lothair vi, Hexham House..has escaped the rifling arts of speculators in furniture.
▪ II. † ˈrifling, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. rifle v.2 Cf. MDu. rijffeling.]
The action of raffling or dicing; an instance or occasion of this.
1569in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 255 Theare was none used but one onlie Game, called Riflinge, by which..diverse persons weare spoyled and utterlie undon. 1581Burford Reg. in Hist. MSS. Comm., Varr. Collect. I. 68 They have used certeine games called Trolemadame and ryffling for disshes and platters,..being unlawful and cossyning games. 1609Dekker Gull's Horn-bk. vii, To conclude, [they] count it an honour, either to inuite or be inuited to any Rifling. 1611Cotgr., Ballotage, a rifling, or lotterie.
▪ III. ˈrifling, vbl. n.3
[f. rifle v.3]
The operation of making grooves in the bore of a fire-arm; the grooving itself, or the nature of this.
1797Nicholson's Jrnl. Nat. Phil. I. 382 The method of rifling consists in cutting..spiral grooves [etc.]. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 477 The operation of grooving is repeated till the whole number of riflings is completed. 1859F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 1 The Rifling is 3 grooves and one turn in 6 ft. 6 in. 1897Q. Rev. Jan. 199 Rifling, projectiles, sights have all been revolutionized.
attrib.1839Ure Dict. Arts 476 After the barrel is bored, and rendered truly cylindrical, it is fixed upon the rifling machine. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 2612 The pitch, or rifling turn, is one in 20 inches. |