Meaning of dispart | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
2. A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.

Examples

“1854-1862, Charles Knight, "DISPART", in English Cyclopaedia On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis.”

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