Meanings
nounheadstamp (plural headstamps)
plural headstamps
- engineeringThe identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.
Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps, which can reveal where and when ammunition was made.
2009 Chivers, C.J. (The New York Times), Is U.S. Ammo going to Taliban?; run in Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2009, p A-1
verbheadstamp (third-person singular simple present headstamps, present participle headstamping, simple past and past participle headstamped)
present singular third person headstamps · participle present headstamping · participle past headstamped · past headstamped
- transitiveTo affix a headstamp to.
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APA
headstamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headstamp
MLA
“headstamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headstamp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headstamp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headstamp.
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