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Definition of Peep sight
1. Noun. Rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned.
Definition of Peep sight
1. Noun. On some rifles, a type of sight where the shooter looks through a small aperture on the rear sight. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Peep Sight
Literary usage of Peep sight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the Midshipmen of the by Roland Irvin Curtin, Thomas Lee Johnson, United States Naval Academy (1915)
"For this reason, even if there were no others, the peep-sight could not be made
an efficient ... The peep-sight is installed on many of our sight-mounts, ..."
2. Small Arms Firing Manual 1913 by United States War Dept (1914)
"But the limited field of view and lack of readiness in getting a quick aim with
the peep sight limit its use to those stages of the combat when comparative ..."
3. Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States by United States Bureau of Land Management (1902)
"The peep sight will now be secured in place by a clamp or weight, with its exact
position marked on the rest, and all further operations will be deferred ..."
4. Privates' Manual by James Alfred Moss (1916)
"Advantage of the peep sight. The advantage of the peep sight over the open ...
The disadvantage of the peep sight is that its limited field of view and lack ..."
5. Privates' Manual by James Alfred Moss (1916)
"Advantage of the peep sight. The advantage of the peep sight FIG. s over the ...
The disadvantage of the peep sight is that its limited field of view and ..."
6. Elements of Plane Surveying, Including Leveling by Samuel Marx Barton (1913)
"For a peep.sight, cut a slot about one.sixteenth of an inch wide in a thin piece
of board, or nail two strips of tin, with straight edges, to a square block ..."
7. An Officer's Notes by Ralph Middleton Parker (1917)
"Describe the peep sight. A. In using the peep sight the top of the front sight is
... With the normal sight and the peep sight a large portion of the front ..."
8. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1919)
"Where the peep sight of the latest Springfield is roughly ten inches from the
eye of the prone soldier, and but .05 inch in diameter, the peep sight of the ..."
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