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Definition of Soft-nosed
1. Adjective. (of a bullet) made of soft material that expands on impact.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft-nosed
Literary usage of Soft-nosed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mobile Boer: Being the Record of the Observations of Two Brugher Officers by Alan Richard Illeigh Hiley, John Arthur Hassell (1902)
"... The military spoils — Loot—Restitution — Ammunition, Nickel, Dum-Dum and Soft
nosed — Official correspondence— Flans of campaign — Use of natives. ..."
2. Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa by Edward Bennet (1914)
"I prefer soft-nosed split cartridges to soft-nosed, as I found that soft-nosed
sometimes jammed in the breech of a magazine rifle; because the very soft ..."
3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"Replying to YMCA will say: The soft-nosed, metal-patched bullet is a more deadly
... I use a .30-40 Winchester with the US .30 cartridge, soft-nosed or ..."
4. International Law and the World War by James Wilford Garner (1920)
"Soft nosed and other dum-dum bullets," he said, " had lately been found which
were made by the firm of Ely brothers of London." Furthermore, he charged the ..."
5. Babes in the African Woods by Baron Ronald Gorell Barnes Gorell (1911)
"After such great animals as eland and buffalo, we always used hard-nosed bullets ;
we found the soft-nosed unsatisfactory against beasts, soft-skinned ..."
6. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"I never saw deer drop so quickly as when hit with a .30 soft nosed bullet; ...
If the users of small bore nitro rifles, who do not have soft nosed bullets, ..."
7. My Sporting Holidays by Henry Seton-Karr (1904)
"So we come to the soft-nosed or split-nosed nickel bullet. ... As a matter of
fact, any soldier in the field can turn a solid bullet into the soft-nosed ..."
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