single-action

[ sing-guhl-ak-shuhn ]

adjective
  1. (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.

Origin of single-action

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby single-action

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How to use single-action in a sentence

  • On the contrary, single-action reels are made of rather numerous materials and certainly in varying degrees of desirability.

  • It is taken for granted in the above discussion, and also in the following, that the fly-caster uses a single-action reel.

British Dictionary definitions for single-action

single-action

noun
  1. (modifier) (of a firearm) requiring the hammer to be cocked by hand before firing

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