boresight

See also: bore sight

English

Etymology

From bore +‎ sight.

Noun

boresight (plural boresights)

  1. The optical axis of a directional antenna.
  2. (firearms, weaponry) A device mounted along the bore axis of a gun barrel for purposes of aligning the barrel with the gun's sights.

Verb

boresight (third-person singular simple present boresights, present participle boresighting, simple past and past participle boresighted)

  1. (firearms, weaponry) To use a boresight to align a gun barrel with the gun's sights.
    • 2022 December 21, Drachinifel, quoting M. Dick van Orden, 11:52 from the start, in Typhoon Cobra - When the weather does more damage than the enemy‎[1], archived from the original on 2 March 2025:
      A holiday spirit prevailed throughout the task group on these special days; stationkeeping was a bit more lax, and gun crews were off-duty so that the gunners could lubricate, adjust, and boresight their guns […]

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