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Definition of Air rifle
1. Noun. A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air.
Definition of Air rifle
1. Noun. A rifle that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Rifle
Literary usage of Air rifle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rifles and Rifle Shooting by Charles Askins (1912)
"air rifle barrels are attached to the army gun, thus giving the novice the ...
The air rifle missiles are very accurate; ten shots have been placed in a ..."
2. Shooting: For Boys by Archie Frederick Collins (1917)
"... the swaging in the barrel thus making all the bullets of the same size. The Fig.
9, B—A Daisy Pump-Action air rifle. air in this kind of a gun is ..."
3. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"From 1806 until revealed at the meeting of the American Society of Arms Collectors,
Valley Forge, PA, in October 1976, the origin of this air rifle, ..."
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