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backsight [ˈbækˌsaɪt]
n 1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Shooting) the sight of a rifle nearer the stock 2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) Surveying a reading taken looking backwards to a previously occupied station Compare foresight [4] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Shortly after the Boer War, a British Major General named Sir Earnest Swinton, using the pseudonym Lieutenant Backsight Forethought, or BF, wrote The Defence of Duffer's Drift. These problems cover all regularly encountered navigation situations, as well as those that are only occasionally used and often forgotten, such as backsight, shooting and unknown body, finding Venus in daylight, and storm avoidance. It had a heavier barrel that was exposed at the muzzle, a different front sight block, two-piece striker mechanism, longer stock, more robust backsight, etc. |
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