smoothbore

[smooth -bawr, -bohr]

adjective

(of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.

noun

a smoothbore gun.

Origin of smoothbore

First recorded in 1790–1800; smooth + bore²

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Historical Examples of smoothbore

But the rifle had to be served more carefully than the smoothbore.
Artillery Through the Ages
Albert Manucy
Our admiration for the smoothbore and its wholesale tactics was beyond expression.
A Virginia Scout
Hugh Pendexter
Just inside these casemates are two 15-inch smoothbore Rodman guns.
Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina
Frank Barnes
Smoothbore was left to his recollections and general musings.
The Great Gold Rush
W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
To Smoothbore this was not evidence of any abandonment of the conspiracy.
The Great Gold Rush
W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis

British Dictionary definitions for smoothbore

smoothbore

noun

(modifier) (of a firearm) having an unrifled borea smoothbore musket
such a firearm

Derived Formssmoothbored, adjective

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