powder charge
noun
Origin of powder charge
1First recorded in 1930–35
Words Nearby powder charge
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How to use powder charge in a sentence
The gun was self-priming and self-cocking; the powder charge was enclosed in a copper case.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickI 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.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellThe tube went into the vent of the cannon and buried its tip in the powder charge.
Artillery Through the Ages | Albert ManucyHe placed several pads of felt between the projectile and the powder charge, to lessen the shock upon the bomb.
Dynamite Stories | Hudson MaximNelsons flag ship Victory used no larger powder charge than eight pounds, and its heaviest shot was only sixty-eight pounds.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 | Various
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