rifle gunn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪfl ˌɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈraɪf(ə)l ˌɡən/

Forms: 1700s– rifle gun; also Scottish pre-1700 rifell gunn, pre-1700 riffell gun.

Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: rifle v.³, gun n.; English rifled gun.

Etymology: Probably either < rifle v.³ + gun n., or < rifled gun ( < rifled adj.² + gun n.), with reduction of the second syllable, although this is first attested slightly later (see below; compare earlier rifled piece at rifled adj.²). Compare later rifle n.³ and simplex and compound forms in other Germanic languages cited at that entry.For use of rifled gun compare:1687 in Bk. Old Edinb. Club XXVII. 140 I thought upon the new fashon of guns with butt in the middle..especially with reiffelled guns that are weighty.

Now U.S. regional.

= rifle n.³ 2.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle

rifle gun1685

rifle1756

rifle piece1780

rifle musket1841

rifle carbine1859

bundook1886

hipe1914

1685 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1924) 58 356 2 Cossack riffell guns.

1747 Chron. (Augusta Co., Virginia) (1912) I. 529 They were..robbed of..a rifle gun (double tricked).

1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 148 Some experiments were tried at Woolwich..with a rifle gun upon a new construction.

1814 W. Scott Diary 20 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vi. 219 I saw a pair of large eagles, and if I had had the rifle-gun might have had a shot.

1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 151 We have no desire to decry improvements, or to undervalue heavy rifle-guns.

1890 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia 105 The grand army numbered 55,000 men, with..49 rifle-guns.

1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 286 Everywhere in the mountains we hear of biscuit-bread,..rifle-gun, rock-clift, [etc.].

1951 L. Craig Singing Hills 13 Mr. Givens and his son had taken their rifle-guns and their dog and had gone off hunting.

1979 C. McCarthy Suttree 455 He was stopped by a turtlepedlar bearing a sack of turtles and a rifle gun.

2000 J. Humphreys Nowhere else on Earth (2001) 155 I believe a rifle gun could hesitate you some.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rifle gun
释义	rifle gunn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪfl ˌɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈraɪf(ə)l ˌɡən/ Forms: 1700s– rifle gun; also Scottish pre-1700 rifell gunn, pre-1700 riffell gun. Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: rifle v.³, gun n.; English rifled gun. Etymology: Probably either < rifle v.³ + gun n., or < rifled gun ( < rifled adj.² + gun n.), with reduction of the second syllable, although this is first attested slightly later (see below; compare earlier rifled piece at rifled adj.²). Compare later rifle n.³ and simplex and compound forms in other Germanic languages cited at that entry.For use of rifled gun compare:1687 in Bk. Old Edinb. Club XXVII. 140 I thought upon the new fashon of guns with butt in the middle..especially with reiffelled guns that are weighty. Now U.S. regional. = rifle n.³ 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle rifle gun1685 rifle1756 rifle piece1780 rifle musket1841 rifle carbine1859 bundook1886 hipe1914 1685 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1924) 58 356 2 Cossack riffell guns. 1747 Chron. (Augusta Co., Virginia) (1912) I. 529 They were..robbed of..a rifle gun (double tricked). 1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 148 Some experiments were tried at Woolwich..with a rifle gun upon a new construction. 1814 W. Scott Diary 20 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vi. 219 I saw a pair of large eagles, and if I had had the rifle-gun might have had a shot. 1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 151 We have no desire to decry improvements, or to undervalue heavy rifle-guns. 1890 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia 105 The grand army numbered 55,000 men, with..49 rifle-guns. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 286 Everywhere in the mountains we hear of biscuit-bread,..rifle-gun, rock-clift, [etc.]. 1951 L. Craig Singing Hills 13 Mr. Givens and his son had taken their rifle-guns and their dog and had gone off hunting. 1979 C. McCarthy Suttree 455 He was stopped by a turtlepedlar bearing a sack of turtles and a rifle gun. 2000 J. Humphreys Nowhere else on Earth (2001) 155 I believe a rifle gun could hesitate you some. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1685
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