| 单词 | rifle butts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrifle butts rifle butts n. a pair of mounds in front of which targets are placed, used for practising shooting with a rifle; the area covered by this. ΚΠ 1851 Littell's Living Age 13 Sept. 481/1 The rifle-butts were pitched on the opposite side of the torrent, with a small hut close to them to shelter the marker. 1922 W. B. Maxwell Spinster of this Parish vi. 105 I never had any lessons at the rifle-butts—with a marker and a flag. 2005 R. E. P. Totten Button Box ii. vi. 89 Mr. Patton had been standing on the rifle butts all morning. < as lemmas |
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