rifled

transitive verb rifled, rifling

1. to cut spiral grooves on the inside of (a gun barrel, etc.)
2. ☆

   Origin: < riflethe

   to hurl or throw with great speed

Origin: Fr rifler, to scrape, scratch < OFr < MHG riffeln, to scratch, heckle (flax) < OHG riffilon, akin to ripple

noun

1. 1. ☆ a gun, fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves cut into the inner surface of the barrel
   2. a rifled artillery piece
2. troops armed with rifles

Origin: short for rifled gun