smoothbore

• Qualifie une arme à feu dont le canon est lisse, sans rayures à l'intérieur, généralement utilisé pour les fusils de chasse ou certains types d'artillerie.

Describes a firearm barrel that is not rifled, typically used for shotguns or certain types of artillery.

1. Lacking riflingC1formal

   Describes a firearm barrel that has a smooth inner surface without the spiral grooves (rifling) found in most modern guns.

   à canon lisse

   • Shotguns are typically smoothbore weapons.
   • The musket was a smoothbore firearm, making it less accurate at long range.
   • Smoothbore cannons were common in naval warfare before the 19th century.

   Synonymesunrifled

   Antonymesrifled

• Nom désignant une arme à feu, telle qu'un fusil de chasse ou un mousquet, dont le canon n'est pas rayé, c'est-à-dire que sa surface intérieure est lisse.

A noun referring to a firearm, such as a shotgun or musket, whose barrel has no rifling, meaning the interior is smooth.

1. Firearm without riflingC1formal

   A type of gun or cannon whose barrel has a smooth interior surface, lacking the spiral grooves (rifling) found in most modern firearms.

   arme à âme lisse

   • The musket was a classic smoothbore used in the 18th century.
   • Hunters often use a smoothbore shotgun for bird hunting.
   • Early cannons were smoothbores, firing round projectiles.

   Antonymesrifled