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Definition of Rear of tube
1. Noun. Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.
Group relationships: Barrel, Cask
Terms within: Breech Closer, Breechblock
Generic synonyms: Opening
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rear Of Tube
Literary usage of Rear of tube
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1902)
"... upon the tube from the forward end of the jacket to the muzzle ; the jacket,
304.65 in. long, shrunk upon rear of tube, and overhanging the latter by ..."
2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1902)
"... 304.65 in. long, shrunk upon rear of tube, and overhanging the latter by 24.4 in.
to form the breech-recess; the D-lwop, 144.5 m- l°ng> encircling ..."
3. Machine Design by William Ledyard Cathcart (1903)
"... the jacket, 304.65 in. long, shrunk upon rear of tube, and overhanging the
latter by 24.4 in. to form the breech-recess; the D-hoop, 144.5 m- long, ..."
4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1882)
"S Length if jacket in rear of tube do....' 25.5 Total length of bore of casing
do : Ш. 2 Thickness at bottom of ..."
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