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benchrests

benchrests is the plural of benchrest.

Meaning of benchrest

Noun

benchrest (plural benchrests)

  1. (gun sports) A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.
  2. The infrastructure for benchrest.
    • Since deer usually give you no time to get into a nice, steady position like sitting, and since there's a shortage of benchrests in the woods, it pays to be able to shoot upright.2004 June, David E. Petzal, “Shoot like a man: There are no benchrests in the wood”, in Field & Stream, volume 109, number 2, page 62

Questions about benchrests

What is benchrests the plural of?
Benchrests is the plural of benchrest.

Words near benchrests in the dictionary

  1. benchrest
  2. benchrest rifle
  3. benchrest rifles
  4. benchrester
  5. benchresters
  6. benchrests
  7. benchside
  8. benchsides
  9. benchslap
  10. benchslapped
  11. benchslapping

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