rifle grenade

noun Military.

a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.

Nearby words

riffola, riffraff, rifle, rifle bird, rifle green, rifle grenade, rifle pit, rifle range, riflebird, rifled slug, rifleman

Origin of rifle grenade

First recorded in 1910–15

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Examples from the Web for rifle grenade

Hitherto only the most expert and steadiest bombers had been employed on rifle-grenade work.
Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley
I was lucky to have no accident with the Mills grenade, and no fatal ones even with the rifle-grenade.
Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley
The 'fishtail' was a small trench-mortar bomb, which the Germans substituted for the rifle-grenade and used with great effect.
Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley
Rifle-fire and rifle-grenade and hand-grenade explosions rolled together in one tremendous cacophony.
The Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in the World War|H. G. Proctor

My own job was now to train as many infantry men as possible in the use of the rifle-grenade.
Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley

British Dictionary definitions for rifle grenade

rifle grenade

noun

a grenade fired from a rifle

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rifle grenade

noun Military.

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Examples from the Web for rifle grenade

British Dictionary definitions for rifle grenade

rifle grenade

noun