Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: rifled
IPA transcription: [ɹ'aɪfəld]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: rifled
    Meaning: of a firearm; having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel
Usage examples
  • This gun was, as I think I have mentioned before, a four-pound rifled piece, which was specially made to my order by an eminent firm.
  • He selected two of his most trustworthy men, and armed them and himself with double-barrelled guns, one barrel being smooth bore and the other rifled, weapons suitable for game both large and small.
  • The old authors thrust out, first a head, then a shoulder, from the canvas, looked down curiously for an instant upon the motley throng, and then descended, with fury in their eyes, to claim their rifled property.