rifle
A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
Other meanings
An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
A kind of
- piece
Kinds of rifle
- automatic rifle
- precision rifle
Related words
- riflebird
- rifledom
- riflelike
- rifleproof
- riflery
- riflescope
- rifleshot
- riflewoman
- automatic rifle
- autorifle
- rifle cartridge
- rifled slug
Example sentences
Word history
From Old High German "riffilōn".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rifle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.