Rifle Ball (Noun)
Meaning
A bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The military had replaced traditional musket balls with rifle balls to increase the accuracy of their shots.
- In modern warfare, rifle balls were often jacketed with copper to prevent them from expanding and to reduce barrel wear.
- To make a more precise shot, marksmen began to favor rifle balls that could fly in a more consistent trajectory.
- Because they traveled more in a straight line than their musket-ball predecessors, the elongated shape of the new rifle balls significantly reduced shot deviation.
- One improvement the makers brought was more standardized measurements on their new models, these enhancements guaranteed uniform results using elongated rifle balls in precision firearm technology.