riflery
Americannoun
noun
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rifle shots
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the practice or skill of rifle marksmanship
Etymology
Origin of riflery
Example Sentences
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People who run summer camps, which in themselves are a new sensitive location, wonder if popular riflery courses for children are now a crime.
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2022
Although major universities in Japan have riflery clubs and Japanese police are armed, most Japanese go through life without ever handling, or even seeing, a real gun.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
After decades of host cities stuffing themselves with expensive, useless velodromes and riflery ranges, the International Olympic Committee has relaxed its requirements—not out of magnanimity, mind you, but because cities stopped bidding.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2021
But as the national gun debate continues , local high school riflery participation remains as robust as it was 20 years ago.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2016
The whole clearing was thick with smoke, out of which there shot up a furious wall of fire that rose and fell with a crackle resembling volleys of riflery and a roaring even more disconcerting.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
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