"benchrest" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: benchrests [plural]
Etymology: bench + rest, since the gun is mounted on a rest placed on a table or bench. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bench|rest}} bench + rest Head templates: {{en-noun}} benchrest (plural benchrests)
  1. (gun sports) A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets. Categories (topical): Gun sports
    Sense id: en-benchrest-en-noun-n6SP4YSY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. The infrastructure for benchrest.
    Sense id: en-benchrest-en-noun-2i9TaqGG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: benchrester, benchrest rifle

Inflected forms

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