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minie ball
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Minié ballnoun
A muzzle-loading bullet with a hollow base, much used in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Webster Dictionary
Minie ball
a conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel
Etymology: [From the inventor, Captain Mini, of France.]
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Minié ball
The Minié ball, or Minie ball, is a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized rifle bullet named after its co-developer, Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
minié ball
A ball or bullet of peculiar construction. It is cast hollow for nearly two-thirds of its length, and into the opening of the internal cylinder there is introduced a small concave piece of iron, which the powder at the moment of firing forces into the slug, spreading it open, and causing it to fit perfectly to the barrel. Hence a great increase in the precision of aim and the extent of range.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of minie ball in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of minie ball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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