gainen.
/ɡeɪn/ A metal tube attached to a fuse (see quots.).
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1918 Nature 14 Nov. 218/1 The gaine is a metal tube screwed to the fuse, which enters a cavity in the filling and makes good contact with it.
1932 D. Lloyd George War Mem. II. xix. 592 A gaine..is a tube filled with explosive, attached under the nose-cap of a high-explosive shell... Its purpose is to ensure that the detonation of the fuse in the nose-cap shall effectively detonate the contents of the shell.
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n.1918- calliopes
- calliopist
- callipash
- calliper
- calliper brake
- calliper compass
- calliper gauge
- calliper square
- callipered
- callipering
- callipers
- callipeva
- calliphorid
- callippic
- callipygian
- callipygous
- callipygously
- callis sand
- callistemon
- callisthenic
- callisthenical
- callisthenics
- callisthenium
- callisto
- callithrix