leade

English

Etymology

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Noun

leade (plural leades)

  1. That portion of a firearm's barrel immediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.
    • 2004, Tom A. Warlow, Firearms, The Law And Forensic Ballistics, page 117:
      The bullet must then jump some distance before it enters the leade of the rifling in the barrel. There is always some tendency for skidding to occur before the rifling fully engages […]

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

leade

  1. second-person plural imperative of lear

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈle̯ate/

Noun

leade

  1. sheep stable

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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