Bible Dictionaries
Rifling

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

(2):

(n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

(3):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rifle

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rifling'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rifling.html. 1828.