nose cap

noun

A protective cap on the end of a gunstock.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounnose cap (plural nose caps)

plural nose caps

  1. historicalA protective cap on the end of a gunstock.First known use 19th c.
  2. aeronauticsThe protective covering on the end of an aircraft fuselage.First known use 20th c.
  3. The nose cone of a missile or shell, often containing explosives or a timer.First known use 20th c.

    This was a shrapnel shell used by the Austrians in the mountains with a nose-cap which went on after the burst and exploded on contact.

    1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 107

Translations

Finnish kärkikartio, sytytin
  • kärkikartionose cone of a missile or shell
  • sytytinnose cone of a missile or shell
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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