Kentucky windage

American  

noun

Slang.

1. a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.

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Example Sentences

Slowly he stretched out into a prone firing position; he rested his rifle barrel on his helmet and sighted through the scope, allowing just enough Kentucky windage to compensate for the breeze.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since his sight was not calibrated for that distance, the Marine estimated the necessary high trajectory, worked in some Kentucky windage to allow for the breeze, and squeezed off three rounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Kentucky windage," he called it �"aiming a little higher than what you are actually shooting at."

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Taking Kentucky windage on the oceanside 18th, Palmer sent a No. 3 wood angling out to sea, smiled happily as the ball blew back right in line with the flag.

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Often problems are best solved by using "Kentucky windage."

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