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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

But the charges of illegally possessing a single-barrel gun and 123 rounds of cartridges have come as a surprise.

From BBC

Then came a change: Targeting Japan, Kentucky distillers developed single-barrel and small batch versions in the 1980s and 1990s, which later blossomed in the United States, said Fred Minnick, who has written books on bourbon and judges world whiskey competitions.

A single-barrel bourbon’s peppery spice “emotes off the palate.”

He converted part of Jack Rose into a bottle shop that includes coveted single-barrel selections for take-home options.

Among its first single-barrel releases were a corn whiskey made by Ironroot Republic, in Texas, and a bourbon from Cedar Ridge, in Iowa, two well-regarded distilleries that sell almost all their whiskey in-state.

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