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wire cartridge

wire cartridge noun: an early type of shotgun cartridge that had wire lining in the case to assist concentrating the shot.

Noun

wire cartridge (plural wire cartridges)

  1. An early type of shotgun cartridge that had wire lining in the case to assist concentrating the shot.
    • When we arrived at the knoll, after having crossed the frozen bog, I took on account of the considerable distance at which the bird would have to be shot at, if he, as we supposed, would settle in the top of the fir tree the shot out of my gun, and loaded again with a wire cartridge.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89

Forms of wire cartridge

pluralwire cartridges

Questions about wire cartridge

What does wire cartridge mean?
Wire cartridge means an early type of shotgun cartridge that had wire lining in the case to assist concentrating the shot.
What part of speech is wire cartridge?
Wire cartridge is a noun.
What is the plural of wire cartridge?
The plural of wire cartridge is wire cartridges.

Words near wire cartridge in the dictionary

  1. wire bridges
  2. wire brush
  3. wire brushed
  4. wire brushes
  5. wire brushing
  6. wire cartridge
  7. wire cartridges
  8. wire chamber
  9. wire chambers
  10. wire cloth
  11. wire connector

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