single-barrel
[ sing-guhl-bar-uhl ]
noun
a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
Origin of single-barrel
1First recorded in 1840–50
Other words from single-barrel
- single-barreled; especially British, single-barrelled, adjective
Words Nearby single-barrel
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How to use single-barrel in a sentence
In those days many American matches were shot from plunge traps, and with the single barrel.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughHe did the same, walking to his own lodge, from which he speedily emerged holding a single barrel pistol.
The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. EllisI had set my gun, a single barrel rifle, against a tree without reloading it.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel WoodcockDo not flurry the dog by firing more than a single barrel, or confuse him by killing more than one bird.
Dog Breaking | William Nelson HutchinsonThe great difficulty which has to be met in all single-barrel machine guns is the heating of the barrel.
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