单词 | enfield rifle |
释义 | Enfield rifle in British Englishnoun 1. a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries 2. a 19th-century muzzle-loading musket used by the British army Word origin C19: from Enfield, where it was first madeEnfield rifle in American Englishnoun Also called: Enfield1. a single-shot, muzzleloading rifle, of .577 caliber, used by the British army in theCrimean War and in limited numbers by both sides in the American Civil War 2. a bolt-action, breech-loading, .303-caliber magazine rifle introduced in Britain in 1902 3. an American .30-caliber rifle used in World War I by U.S. troops, patterned after the British Enfield rifle Word origin [named after enfield, England, where it was first made]Word lists withgun |
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