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leade

leade noun: that portion of a firearm's barrel immediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.

Noun

leade (plural leades)

  1. That portion of a firearm's barrel immediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.
    • The bullet must then jump some distance before it enters the leade of the rifling in the barrel. There is always some tendency for skidding to occur before the rifling fully engages […]2004, Tom A. Warlow, Firearms, The Law And Forensic Ballistics, page 117

Forms of leade

pluralleades

Questions about leade

What does leade mean?
Leade means that portion of a firearm's barrel immediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.
What part of speech is leade?
Leade is a noun.
What is the plural of leade?
The plural of leade is leades.

Words near leade in the dictionary

  1. Leadbeater's possums
  2. Leadbeter
  3. Leadbetter
  4. Leadburn
  5. leadcolored
  6. leade
  7. leaded
  8. leaded light
  9. leaded lights
  10. leaded type
  11. leaded types

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