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smooth·bore also smooth bore (sm

bôr

, -b

)

adj.

Having no rifling within the barrel. Used of a firearm.

A firearm having no rifling.

smoothbore [ˈsmuːðˌbɔː]

1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (modifier) (of a firearm) having an unrifled bore a smoothbore musket

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) such a firearm

smoothbored adj

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Noun	1.	smoothbore - a firearm that has no rifling firearm, small-arm, piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
Adj.	1.	smoothbore - of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel unrifled

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