rihlaus — meaning in English

English meaning

• rifling noun The spiral grooves cut inside a gun barrel to spin the bullet for accuracy, or the process of making them.
• twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.

Senses

rihlaus is used for these senses in English:

• rifling (military) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
• rifling (military) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
• twist The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

rifling — full definition

1. noun The spiral grooves cut inside a gun barrel to spin the bullet for accuracy, or the process of making them.
2. noun The act of shuffling playing cards by letting them cascade from one hand into the other.

twist — full definition

1. verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.
2. verb To distort the meaning of something said or written.
3. noun An unexpected turn or development in a story or situation.

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