Definitions for smoothbore

smoothbore smooth·bore

Spelling: [smooth -bawr, -bohr]
IPA: /ˈsmuðˌbɔr, -ˌboʊr/

Smoothbore is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 499 anagrams from letters in smoothbore (behmooorst).

Definitions for smoothbore

adjective

  1. (of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.

noun

  1. a smoothbore gun.

Origin of smoothbore

First recorded in 1790-1800; smooth + bore2

Examples for smoothbore

The one on the left of the sally port is a rifled and banded “42-pounder”; the one on the right is a 42-pound smoothbore.

smoothbore was left to his recollections and general musings.

The smoothbore Columbiads could penetrate only 13 inches, while from this range the ponderous mortars could hardly hit the fort.

But the rifle had to be served more carefully than the smoothbore.

To smoothbore this was not evidence of any abandonment of the conspiracy.

Our admiration for the smoothbore and its wholesale tactics was beyond expression.

Just inside these casemates are two 15-inch smoothbore Rodman guns.

The buckshot from our smoothbore muskets flew too thickly for him, and he recoiled in astonishment.

In the eighteenth century, a 24-pounder smoothbore could develop a muzzle velocity of about 1,700 feet per second.

The ship had also four 9-inch smoothbore Dahlgrens to complete its main battery.

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