boresight
boresight noun: the optical axis of a directional antenna.
Noun
boresight (plural boresights)
- The optical axis of a directional antenna.
- A device mounted along the bore axis of a gun barrel for purposes of aligning the barrel with the gun's sights.
Verb
boresight (third-person singular simple present boresights, present participle boresighting, simple past and past participle boresighted)
- To use a boresight to align a gun barrel with the gun's sights.
- A holiday spirit prevailed throughout the task group on these special days; stationkeeping was a bit more lax, and gun crews were off-duty so that the gunners could lubricate, adjust, and boresight their guns[…]2022 December 21, Drachinifel, quoting M. Dick van Orden, 11:52 from the start, in Typhoon Cobra - When the weather does more damage than the enemy, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2025
Forms of boresight
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boresights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | boresights |
| present participle | boresighting |
| past participle | boresighted |
| past | boresighted |
Origin of boresight
From bore + sight.
Questions about boresight
- What does boresight mean?
- Boresight means the optical axis of a directional antenna.
- What part of speech is boresight?
- Boresight can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of boresight?
- The plural of boresight is boresights.
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