单词 | killing-circle |
释义 | > as lemmaskilling-circle killing-circle n. the area within which, at a certain range, the charge of shot from a gun is sufficiently compact to kill the game; cf. pattern n. 10a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > fatal area of shot killing-circle1886 1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. vi. 94 The charge of a 20-bore is smaller, lighter, and has a less killing circle than has a 12-bore. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 148 For ordinary sporting purposes a gun which shall give its largest killing circle at 30 yards with the first barrel, and at 40 with the second, will be found the most convenient of good shots. < as lemmas |
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