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Rifling
Meaning
Noun
●
In Military:
The
act
or process of making the
grooves
in a
rifled
cannon
or
gun
barrel.
●
In Military:
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
.
●
In Card games:
The
act
or process of
letting
playing cards
cascade
down
one at a time
towards the
table
(or
one's
hand
),
controlling
the
speed
and
flow
with
one's
thumb
, which
sits on
the
top edges
of the
cards
.
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of rifle
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