Enfield rifle


En·field rifle

E0143100 (ĕn′fēld′)n. Any of several rifles formerly used by British and American troops, especially the .30- or .303-caliber, bolt-action, breechloading model.
[After Enfield, a borough of London, England.]

Enfield rifle

n 1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries 2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a 19th-century muzzle-loading musket used by the British army [C19: from Enfield, where it was first made]

En′field ri′fle


n. a bolt-action, breech-loading,.30-caliber magazine rifle used in World War I. [after Enfield, England, where first made]