Meanings
nounrifling (plural riflings)
plural riflings
- governmentThe act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
- governmentThe 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.
- card gamesThe 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
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rifle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
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Translations
Finnish rihlat, rihlaus
- rihlatsystem of grooves
- rihlaussystem of grooves
- rihlausact or process
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APA
rifling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rifling
MLA
“rifling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rifling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rifling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rifling.
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