Meaning of rammer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A device used to ram; a ramrod.
2. One who, or that, rams.

Equivalents

Examples

“Now use⟳ your rammer to pack⟳ it tightly into the barrel.”

“A "mooner," fond of staring into shop⟳ windows, or watching the labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect⟳ the gas-pipes, or listening stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's rammer on the flags.”

“[…] I put⟳ my waterproof over the muzzle of one gun, and made a sort⟳ of wigwam with two or three rammers that I found, and lay⟳ along the tail of another gun […]”

“The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show⟳ of warlike strength.”

“the Zeppelin Rammer”

“The loader […] placed the cartridge in the muzzle and shoved it in as far as he could. The rammer rammed it home, the gun captain inserting his priming wire to make⟳ sure.”

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