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Springfield rifle

n.
A magazine-fed breechloading bolt-action .30-caliber rifle used by the US Army especially in World War I.
[After SpringfieldMassachusetts.]
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Springfield rifle

n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a magazine-fed bolt-action breech-loading .30 calibre rifle formerly used by the US Army
[from Springfield, Massachusetts]
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Spring′field ri′fle


n.
a bolt-operated, magazine-fed,.30-caliber rifle used by the U.S. Army esp. in World War I.
[1885–95; after Springfield, Mass.]
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