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Kentucky windage

Kentucky windage noun: an adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.

Noun

Kentucky windage (usually uncountable, plural Kentucky windages)

  1. (US, slang, usually) An adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.

Synonyms of Kentucky windage

Forms of Kentucky windage

pluralKentucky windages

Origin of Kentucky windage

Derived from marksmen using the Kentucky rifle.

Questions about Kentucky windage

What does Kentucky windage mean?
Kentucky windage means an adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.
What part of speech is Kentucky windage?
Kentucky windage is a noun.
What is the plural of Kentucky windage?
The plural of Kentucky windage is Kentucky windages.

Words near Kentucky windage in the dictionary

  1. Kentucky River
  2. Kentucky South
  3. Kentucky State
  4. Kentucky warbler
  5. Kentucky warblers
  6. Kentucky windage
  7. Kentucky windages
  8. Kentucky Wonder bean
  9. Kentucky Wonder beans
  10. Kentuckyish
  11. Kentville

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