Definitions for gun barrel
gun bar·rel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. barrel, gun barrelnoun

   a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

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1. Gun barrel

   A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns. It is the straight shooting tube, usually made of rigid high-strength metal, through which a contained rapid expansion of high-pressure gas(es) is used to propel a projectile out of the front end (muzzle) at a high velocity. The hollow interior of the barrel is called the bore, and the diameter of the bore is called its caliber, usually measured in inches or millimetres. The first firearms were made at a time when metallurgy was not advanced enough to cast tubes capable of withstanding the explosive forces of early cannons, so the pipe (often built from staves of metal) needed to be braced periodically along its length for structural reinforcement, producing an appearance somewhat reminiscent of storage barrels being stacked together, hence the English name.

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1. gun barrel

   A gun barrel is the long metal tube through which a controlled explosion or rapid expansion of gases are released in order to propel a projectile out of the end at a high velocity. The term is also often used as a synonym for the complete weapon system that includes the barrel as one component, such as the big guns seen on a battleship. Gun barrels come in different sizes, shapes and materials, depending on the type and purpose of the firearm.

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1. Gun barrel

   A gun barrel is the tube, usually metal, through which a controlled explosion or rapid expansion of gases are released in order to propel a projectile out of the end at a high velocity. The first guns were made in a time where metallurgy was not advanced enough to cast tubes able to withstand the explosive forces of early cannon, so the pipe needed to be braced periodically along its length, producing an appearance somewhat reminiscent of a storage barrel. Another explanation, tied to etymology, states that many very first firearms barrels were in fact realized, during the 12th and 13th centuries, using small storage barrels with their usual metal rings reinforced by leather, hence the barrel name. In fact a set of old French words, some of them staying in modern French, were used as root words for various English terms related to firearms. The old French gonne was a small barrel used on merchant and military ships. Likewise a baril was, as early as 1323, and remains now, a big barrel. Moreover the big Tun English barrel is, as stated in Ton, the French old and contemporary tonne barrel.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gun barrel in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gun barrel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gun barrel
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Barrel
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gun barrel