"Kentucky windage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-Kentucky windage.ogg [Australia] Forms: Kentucky windages [plural]
Etymology: Derived from marksmen using the Kentucky rifle. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} Kentucky windage (usually uncountable, plural Kentucky windages)
  1. (US, slang) An adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate. Tags: US, slang, uncountable, usually Synonyms: Tennessee windage Related terms: Arkansas elevation
    Sense id: en-Kentucky_windage-en-noun-DSs67FRD Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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