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boresight

noun

Etymology

From bore + sight.

  1. inherited from *sihti✻ — “seeing, sight”
  2. inherited from sihþ — “something seen; vision”
  3. inherited from sighte
  4. compounded as boresight — “bore + sight”

Definitions

  1. The optical axis of a directional antenna.

  2. A device mounted along the bore axis of a gun barrel for purposes of aligning the barrel…

    A device mounted along the bore axis of a gun barrel for purposes of aligning the barrel with the gun's sights.

  3. To use a boresight to align a gun barrel with the gun's sights.

    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA