RIFLE


Meaning of RIFLE in English

n.

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form: ri · fled ; ri · fling \ -f( ə -)li ŋ \

Etymology: perhaps from French rifler to scratch, file, from Middle French, to scrape, plunder

Date: 1635

: to cut spiral grooves into the bore of < rifled arms> < rifled pipe>

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