central-fire

American  

[sen-truhl-fahy^uhr] / ˈsɛn trəlˌfaɪər /

adjective

1. center-fire.

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Etymology

Origin of central-fire

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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

Daw, who controlled the English patents, was the only exhibitor of central-fire guns and cartridges at the International Exhibition of 1862.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

"One double No. 12 central-fire Keeper's shot-gun, full choke both barrels."

From King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Henry Rider

There they found Passe-partout waiting and armed with a dozen six-barrelled central-fire revolvers.

From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules

This was made possible by the introduction of the central-fire cartridge.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various