rifle

rifle
I. verb (rifled; rifling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rifler to scrape off, plunder, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German riffilōn to saw, obsolete Dutch rijffelen to scrape Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to ransack especially with the intent to steal 2. to steal and carry away intransitive verb to engage in ransacking and stealing • rifler noun II. transitive verb (rifled; rifling) Etymology: perhaps from French rifler to scratch, file, from Middle French, to scrape, plunder Date: 1635 to cut spiral grooves into the bore of <
rifled arms
> <
rifled pipe
> III. noun Date: 1770 1. a. a shoulder weapon with a rifled bore b. a rifled artillery piece 2. plural soldiers armed with rifles IV. transitive verb (rifled; rifling) Etymology: 3rifle Date: 1937 to propel (as a ball) with great force or speed

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  • rifle — rifle …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • rifle — [ rifl ] n. m. • 1833 n. f.; mot angl., de to rifle, du fr. rifler ♦ Carabine d origine anglaise (et par ext. pistolet) à long canon rayé. « L arrière garde montée suit, le rifle en bandoulière, le chapeau de cuir sur l oreille » (Cendrars).… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Rifle — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Rifle Springfield 1903. Rifle es un término de origen anglosajón (rifle) con el que se designa genéricamente a cualquier arma larga, como fusiles o carabinas, cuya ánima está rayada para estabi …   Wikipedia Español

  • Rifle — Ri fle, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelb[ o]sse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. rive. See {Rive}, and cf. {Riffle}, {Rivel}.] 1. A gun, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rifle — Ri fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rifling}.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain origin. CF. {Raff}.] 1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. [1913 Webster] Till time shall rifle every… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rifle — Ri fle, v. t. 1. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. [1913 Webster] 2. To whet with a rifle. See {Rifle}, n., 3. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rifle — Rifle, CO U.S. city in Colorado Population (2000): 6784 Housing Units (2000): 2586 Land area (2000): 4.290603 sq. miles (11.112611 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.039498 sq. miles (0.102299 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.330101 sq. miles (11.214910 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Rifle, CO — U.S. city in Colorado Population (2000): 6784 Housing Units (2000): 2586 Land area (2000): 4.290603 sq. miles (11.112611 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.039498 sq. miles (0.102299 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.330101 sq. miles (11.214910 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • rifle — sustantivo masculino 1. Fusil de cañón estriado en espiral: En el Oeste, todo hombre que se preciara tenía su rifle …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • rifle — (Del ingl. rifle). m. Fusil rayado de procedencia norteamericana …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • rifle — Ⅰ. rifle [1] ► NOUN 1) a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel to make a bullet spin and thereby increase accuracy over a long distance. 2) (rifles) troops armed with rifles. ► VERB 1) (usu. as adj.… …   English terms dictionary

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