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smoothbore

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smooth·bore also smooth bore  (smbôr, -br)
adj.
Having no rifling within the barrel. Used of a firearm.
n.
A firearm having no rifling.
smoothbore [ˈsmuːðˌbɔː]
n
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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Noun1.smoothbore - a firearm that has no rifling
firearm, small-arm, piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
Adj.1.smoothboresmoothbore - of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel
unrifled


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