"rifled" meaning in English

See rifled in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} rifled (not comparable)
  1. (firearms) Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: rifled slug Related terms: rifle Translations (having a spiral groove on the inside of a gun barrel): rihlattu (Finnish), nòng rãnh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-rifled-en-adj-89Pz~J7- Categories (other): Firearms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Firearms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Firearms: 79 21 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Verb

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Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} rifled
  1. simple past and past participle of rifle Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: rifle
    Sense id: en-rifled-en-verb-kxKUCIYR
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          "sense": "having a spiral groove on the inside of a gun barrel",
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