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single-barrel
[ sing-guhl-bar-uhl ]
noun
- a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
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Other Words From
- single-barreled especially British, single-barrelled 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.
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He did the same, walking to his own lodge, from which he speedily emerged holding a single barrel pistol.
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I had set my gun, a single barrel rifle, against a tree without reloading it.
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Do not flurry the dog by firing more than a single barrel, or confuse him by killing more than one bird.
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The great difficulty which has to be met in all single-barrel machine guns is the heating of the barrel.
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