the skill or practice of shooting at targets with a rifle
riflery in American English
(ˈraifəlri)
noun
the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles
Word origin
[1840–50; rifle1 + -ry]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, creationism, layout, pylon, warmup-ry is a suffix of nouns denoting occupation, business, calling or condition, place orestablishment, goods or products, things collectively, qualities, actions, etc. Otherwords that use the affix -ry include: bottomry, dentistry, registry, scullery, summitry