单词 | enfield rifle |
释义 | Enfield riflenouna 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 riflenamed after Enfield, England, where it was first made Words nearby Enfield rifleenfeoff, en fête, enfetter, enfever, Enfield, Enfield rifle, enfilade, enfin, enflame, enfleurage, enflurane Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Enfield rifleEnfield rifle nouna 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 rifleC19: 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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