gunsmithing
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈɡʌnˌsmɪθɪŋ/
- Specialized
- No, as per Derbyshire, I think we should teach our kids something useful: like gunsmithing or growing potatoes.
Examples
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Craftsmen in the Colonial Williamsburg Gunsmithing Program have recently found that by using replica hand tools, it is possible to ream a bore to diametral tolerances within 0.0005 inch.
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If you are competent in gunsmithing, it should be a snap.
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The long rifle, which typically had a barrel nearly 4 feet in length, was a crowning achievement in the art of gunsmithing.
Academic text (2007) -
Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia has a gunsmithing program in which craftsmen work with a replica of a Colonial barrel drill.
Academic text (2007) -
Later, when gunsmithing began in the colonies, it consisted only of assembling imported parts because gunsmiths, working in individual shops, were incapable of competing with the facilities that existed in England.
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Many aspiring craftsmen learn the art of gunsmithing to create custom firearms.
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He took a course in gunsmithing to gain skills in repairing and designing rifles.
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The gunsmithing workshop provided students with hands-on experience in crafting guns.
Synonyms
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Skilled work making and fixing guns
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gunsmithing comes from the parts gun and smith, where smith meant a 'metal worker' or 'maker' and -ing turns it into an activity or craft. So gunsmithing means the craft of making or repairing guns, just like a blacksmith makes things from metal.