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单词 enfield rifle
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Enfield rifle


noun

a single-shot, muzzleloading rifle, of .577 caliber, used by the British army in the Crimean War and in limited numbers by both sides in the American Civil War.
a bolt-action, breech-loading, .303-caliber magazine rifle introduced in Britain in 1902.
an American .30-caliber rifle used in World War I by U.S. troops, patterned after the British Enfield rifle.
Also called Enfield.

Origin of Enfield rifle

named after Enfield, England, where it was first made

Words nearby Enfield rifle

enfeoff, en fête, enfetter, enfever, Enfield, Enfield rifle, enfilade, enfin, enflame, enfleurage, enflurane
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British Dictionary definitions for Enfield rifle

Enfield rifle

noun

a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries
a 19th-century muzzle-loading musket used by the British army

Word Origin for Enfield rifle

C19: from Enfield, where it was first made
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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