Definition of Rimfire

1. a. Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-fire; -- said of cartridges; also, using rim-fire cartridges; as, a rim-fire gun. Such cartridges are now little used.

Definition of Rimfire

1. a cartridge having the primer set in the rim of the shell [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rimfire

rima vestibuli
rima vocalis
rima vocalis
rima vulvae
rima vulvae
Rimbaud
rime
rime
rimed
rimeless
rimer
rimers
rimes
rimester
rimesters
rimfire (current term)
rimfires
rimier
rimiest
riminess
riminesses
riming
Rimini's test
rimland
rimlands
rimless
rimmed
rimmer
rimmers
rimming

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