"Arkansas elevation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Arkansas elevation.ogg [Australia] Forms: Arkansas elevations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Arkansas elevation (plural Arkansas elevations)
  1. (US, slang) A shooter's adjustment by aiming higher than the target's position in the sight to allow for the bullet's drop during travel rather than adjusting the sight. Tags: US, slang Related terms: Kentucky windage
    Sense id: en-Arkansas_elevation-en-noun-uagkInuW Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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