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rifling noun (-s) Etymology: from gerund of rifle (IV) 1. : the act or process of making spiral grooves (as in a gun barrel) 2. a. : a system of spiral grooves cut in the surface of the bore of a gun leaving intervening lands that cut into the projectile when fired or into a metal band secured to it and rotate it about its longer axis b. : a system of spiral grooves (as in a pipe or drill core) |