Definition of Ricochetting

1. ricochet [v] - See also: ricochet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricochetting

rickshas
rickshaw
rickshawed
rickshawing
rickshawlike
rickshaws
rickstand
rickstands
rickyard
rickyards
ricochet
ricocheted
ricocheting
ricochets
ricochetted
ricochetting (current term)
ricotta
ricottas
ricrac
ricracs
rictal
ricture
rictures
rictus
rictuses
ricy
rid
rid of
rid out
rid up

Literary usage of Ricochetting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1875)
"ricochetting Shell. — It has been found necessary, in order to obtain ... This is the power of ricochetting—a most deadly form of fire to massed troops. ..."

2. Gray's Plumbing Design and Installation by William Beall Gray (1916)
"ONE FORM OF LAVATORY THAT PREVENTS ricochetting FIG. 186. ... IRON LAVATORY WITH BOWL SHAPED TO PREVENT ricochetting pockets on the hanger are to resist the ..."

3. Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and the Holy Land: Including a Journey by Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles (1845)
"The artillery were therefore ordered to direct a ricochetting fire of small ... This circumstance convinced us of the effect of the ricochetting fire from ..."

4. Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All (1887)
"In order to lessen the risk of ricochetting the target and firing-station are raised several feet. The screens for long ranges have, besides the embrasures ..."

5. Seismological Journal of Japan by Jishin Gakkai (Japan)., John Milne (1890)
"Thus their very number is a difficulty; for if they were all formed by ricochetting stones that then hurled themselves down the slopes, these stones must ..."

6. Professional Papers by the Corps of Royal Engineers ... Royal Engineers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1890)
"As pointer1 out by the experimental officer, ricochetting appears to occur when the side of the head strikes the ground previous to the point. ..."

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