Thesaurus: rifling

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Rifle
2. n. The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
3. n. The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
4. n. the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
5. (a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. (b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
6. n:100 n the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm v steal goods; take as spoils v go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way