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centerfire

noun

Etymology

From center + fire.

  1. inherited from *péh₂wr̥✻
  2. inherited from *fōr✻ — “fire”
  3. inherited from *fuir✻
  4. inherited from fȳr — “fire”
  5. inherited from fyr
  6. compounded as centerfire — “center + fire”

Definitions

  1. A type of firearm cartridge with the primer in a central primer cap.

The neighborhood

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