powder charge
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of powder charge
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The planes also dropped 20 smaller bombs that only had black powder charge.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
The proper term is “unshot” — fired with a powder charge only, as a salute, and not loaded with a cannonball.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2015
The powder charge required to drive the shell through the armor had been cut in two by order of the War Department, it being deemed unsafe to the gunners.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1985, he built a muzzleloader with the nipple at the rear of the barrel, directly behind the powder charge instead of alongside.
From Time Magazine Archive
After I fired, the black powder charge in my gun threw up such a thick fog of blue smoke that I couldn’t see through it.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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