central-fire
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of central-fire
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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I tried afterward to buy the gun he had spoken of from his legatees not in the quality of a central-fire gun, but as Turgenieff's gun; but I did not succeed.
From Reminiscences of Tolstoy by Calderon, George
The central-fire cartridge, practically as now in use, was introduced into England in 1861 by Daw.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
In the High Street he stopped at Clifford's the gunmaker's, and bought a heavy revolver, with a box of central-fire cartridges.
From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
I have been studying the Field, and I can get a good central-fire breech-loader for £10.”
From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Feller, Frank
On the taciturn bronze-countenance, therefore, things being now all ready, there sits a grimmer gravity than ever, compressing a hotter central-fire than ever.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
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