rifleiten.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪfl̩ʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈraɪf(ə)laɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rifle n.³, -ite suffix¹.

Etymology: < rifle n.³ + -ite suffix¹.

Now rare.

A kind of smokeless powder for use in certain kinds of rifle.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific

serpentine powder1497

musket powder1644

black powder1793

percussion powder1819

wood powder1870

musketry powder1876

Schultze gunpowder1881

sawdust-powder1883

cocoa powder1884

brown powder1886

melinite1886

lyddite1888

rifleite1891

nitro powder1892

turpinite1895

nitro1900

shimose1904

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Oct. 7/2 The powder ‘Rifleite’ for the Lee rifle..burns so slow that it cannot be used in the Martini larger bore.

1894 Times 23 July 6/1 Talk of the respective merits of cannonite, cordite, rifleite, and Walsrode has been incessant.

1922 E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. (rev. ed.) III. 78/2 Rifleite, manufactured by the Smokeless Powder Co. of Warwick, is a nitrocellulose powder gelatinised by acetone containing a small proportion of dinitrotoluene.

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

单词	rifleite
释义	rifleiten. Brit. /ˈrʌɪfl̩ʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈraɪf(ə)laɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rifle n.³, -ite suffix¹. Etymology: < rifle n.³ + -ite suffix¹. Now rare. A kind of smokeless powder for use in certain kinds of rifle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific serpentine powder1497 musket powder1644 black powder1793 percussion powder1819 wood powder1870 musketry powder1876 Schultze gunpowder1881 sawdust-powder1883 cocoa powder1884 brown powder1886 melinite1886 lyddite1888 rifleite1891 nitro powder1892 turpinite1895 nitro1900 shimose1904 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Oct. 7/2 The powder ‘Rifleite’ for the Lee rifle..burns so slow that it cannot be used in the Martini larger bore. 1894 Times 23 July 6/1 Talk of the respective merits of cannonite, cordite, rifleite, and Walsrode has been incessant. 1922 E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. (rev. ed.) III. 78/2 Rifleite, manufactured by the Smokeless Powder Co. of Warwick, is a nitrocellulose powder gelatinised by acetone containing a small proportion of dinitrotoluene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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