bolt-action
[ bohlt-ak-shuhn ]
/ ˈboʊltˌæk ʃən /
adjective
(of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
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Origin of bolt-action
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby bolt-action
Bolshoi Theater, Bolshy, bolson, bolster, bolt, bolt-action, bolt boat, boltel, bolter, bolt from (out of) the blue, bolthead
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Example sentences from the Web for bolt-action
This would force people to use only bolt-action rifles, pistols, and shotguns.
Is it a fair statement on my part that on all the occasions that you recall hunting with Lee he employed a bolt-action rifle?
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyChassepot, shas′po, n. the kind of bolt-action breechloading rifle adopted by the French army in 1866.
He either used that rifle or a single-shot, bolt-action rifle, another .22 that was out at the farm.
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy