RIFLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rifling mean? 

• RIFLING (noun)
  The noun RIFLING has 1 sense:

1. the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

  Familiarity information: RIFLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIFLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grooving; rifling

Hypernyms ("rifling" is a kind of...):

formation; shaping (the act of fabricating something in a particular shape)

 Context examples 

The children went to him like bees to a honeypot, and establishing themselves on each knee, proceeded to captivate him by rifling his pockets, pulling his beard, and investigating his watch, with juvenile audacity.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)