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leades

leades is the plural of leade.

Meaning of leade

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

Questions about leades

What is leades the plural of?
Leades is the plural of leade.

Words near leades in the dictionary

  1. leaders of the opposition
  2. leadership
  3. leadership spill
  4. leadership spills
  5. leaderships
  6. leades
  7. leadest
  8. leadeth
  9. leadfeet
  10. leadfield
  11. leadfields

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