"backbore" meaning in All languages combined

See backbore on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: backbores [plural]
Etymology: From back + bore. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|bore}} back + bore Head templates: {{en-noun}} backbore (plural backbores)
  1. The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.
    Sense id: en-backbore-en-noun-Yi3NDMHS

Verb [English]

Forms: backbores [present, singular, third-person], backboring [participle, present], backbored [participle, past], backbored [past]
Etymology: From back + bore. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|bore}} back + bore Head templates: {{en-verb}} backbore (third-person singular simple present backbores, present participle backboring, simple past and past participle backbored)
  1. (firearms, transitive) To modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Firearms Related terms: overbore
    Sense id: en-backbore-en-verb-uM~VWKQB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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