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single-barrel

[ sing-guhl-bar-uhl ]

noun

  1. a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.


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Other Words From

  • single-barreled especially British, single-barrelled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of single-barrel1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

In those days many American matches were shot from plunge traps, and with the single barrel.

He did the same, walking to his own lodge, from which he speedily emerged holding a single barrel pistol.

I had set my gun, a single barrel rifle, against a tree without reloading it.

Do not flurry the dog by firing more than a single barrel, or confuse him by killing more than one bird.

The great difficulty which has to be met in all single-barrel machine guns is the heating of the barrel.

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