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Definition of Rifling
1. Noun. The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm.
Definition of Rifling
1. n. The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Definition of Rifling
1. Noun. The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. ¹
2. Noun. The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of rifle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rifling
1. the system of grooves in a gun barrel [n -S]