Lexic.us

Definition of Cartridge clip

1. Noun. A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartridge Clip

Literary usage of Cartridge clip

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

1. Germany's Violations of the Laws of War 1914-15 by Ministère Des Affaires Étrangères, France, John Otway Percy Bland (1915)
"To this end I have the honour to forward to you herewith, leaving it to you to use them as you may think fit: (1) A cartridge clip containing bullets, ..."

2. From Tokyo to Tiflis: Uncensored Letters from the War by Fred Arthur McKenzie (1905)
"All the time they were lying still behind their trenches, their rifles, in no trembling hands, pointed at the foe, each cartridge clip full. ..."

3. Insurgent Mexico by JOHN. REED (1914)
"The sharpshooter doubled up out of range and carefully put another cartridge-clip in his rifle. "You haven't got another ..."

4. Across Coveted Lands; Or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1903)
"... inserted a five cartridge clip in the magazine of my Mannlicher, that most anxious inquiries were made from the camel man as to what I was about to do. ..."

5. Across Widest Africa: An Account of the Country and People of Eastern by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1907)
"I also loaded my Winchester repeater with eight cartridges and my Mannlicher with a five-cartridge clip. I had a presentiment that something might happen ..."

6. The Flowery Republic by Frederick McCormick (1913)
"One man steps behind a tree to put a cartridge clip into his rifle, and having done so marches on, kneels, fires with deliberate aim, and advances. ..."

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