Enfield rifle

noun

1. a single-shot, muzzleloading rifle, of .577 caliber, used by the British army in the Crimean War and in limited numbers by both sides in the American Civil War.
2. a bolt-action, breech-loading, .303-caliber magazine rifle introduced in Britain in 1902.
3. an American .30-caliber rifle used in World War I by U.S. troops, patterned after the British Enfield rifle.

Enfield rifle

noun

1. a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries
2. a 19th-century muzzle-loading musket used by the British army

Word History and Origins

Origin of Enfield rifle¹

Named after Enfield, England, where it was first made

Word History and Origins

Origin of Enfield rifle¹

C19: from Enfield , where it was first made

Example Sentences

The man used his Lee-Enfield rifle and scarcely waited to take aim.

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