单词 | picket ball |
释义 | > as lemmaspicket ball picket ball n. now historical a kind of elongated rifle bullet; = 6. ΚΠ 1848 Southern Literary Messenger Apr. 519 The weapon which our author recommends..is of the calibre of 70, or carrying about a half-ounce picket-ball. 1964 H. L. Peterson Encycl. Firearms 69/1 In sporting rifles in America a flat-based ball of nearly conical section called a Picket ball was popular [in the 1850s]. < as lemmas |
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