Flobertn.
/flə(ʊ)ˈbɛː/ Used attributively and elliptically to describe a cartridge or breech-loading rifle designed by Flobert.
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1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Flobert, a small cartridge designed for target shooting.
1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Flobert rifle, a rifle adapted to the use of floberts.
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 461/2 Flobert Rifle, oiled walnut pistol grip stock.
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 463/3 Flobert Rifle Parts... Flobert Hammers, Remington action... Flobert Breech Blocks.
1904 Kynoch Jrnl. Jan.–Mar. 33 The Flobert cartridge is notable as being an evolution of the percussion cap.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 237 Flobert, a small cartridge used in target shooting, sometimes called ball cap.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 237 Flobert-Gras Rifle, a breech-loading rifle, having several valuable improvements on the Chassepot, used in France 1874–1885.
1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 29 Flobert, flaubert [flobət]n., any small rifle, twenty-two caliber. Florence, S.C. Obsolescent? Once a popular make of rifle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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