rifle
/ˈɹaɪfəl/ noun B2- A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
- A rifleman.
- An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
- A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
Plural rifles
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Have you not tethered a young kid under a tree, lain above it with your rifle, and waited for the bait to bring up your tiger?
He pulled me out once from under the rifles of the Boers, or maybe I should not be here.'
It was a sweet, simple country spot, but I was surprised to observe that by the gate there stood two soldierly men in dark uniforms who leaned upon their short rifles and glanced keenly at us as we passed.
On the summit, hard and clear like an equestrian statue upon its pedestal, was a mounted soldier, dark and stern, his rifle poised ready over his forearm.
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