Springfield rifle


Springfield rifle

n. A magazine-fed breechloading bolt-action .30-caliber rifle used by the US Army especially in World War I.
[After SpringfieldMassachusetts.]

Springfield rifle

n (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a magazine-fed bolt-action breech-loading .30 calibre rifle formerly used by the US Army [from Springfield, Massachusetts]

Spring′field ri′fle


n. a bolt-operated, magazine-fed,.30-caliber rifle used by the U.S. Army esp. in World War I. [1885–95; after Springfield, Mass.]