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Meaning of rook rifle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An English single-shot dropping block or break-action small-calibre rifle for shooting rooks and rabbits.

historical

Examples

“In St. James's Street there used to be several shops which would sell you any form of lethalness, from a rook-rifle to an elephant-gun, with the greatest urbanity.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

rook's pawn Rookard rooke Rooked rooker Rookeries