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powder charge

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Word History and Origins

Origin of powder charge1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

The gun was self-priming and self-cocking; the powder charge was enclosed in a copper case.

I did not know if it would prove too big a powder-charge for my rifle, I did not know then even how I came to have the cartridges.

The tube went into the vent of the cannon and buried its tip in the powder charge.

He placed several pads of felt between the projectile and the powder charge, to lessen the shock upon the bomb.

Nelsons flag ship Victory used no larger powder charge than eight pounds, and its heaviest shot was only sixty-eight pounds.

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