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English

Noun
en-noun

1. The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
2. The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.

Verb
rifling

1. present participle of|rifle

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• 2007-09-24 01:44 - BD2412 - That's why we refer people to the verb, "rifle"

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