What is a piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore called?
patch — (Gun.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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