verb
- to disassemble a firearm into its component parts for cleaning, maintenance, or inspection
Usage: military and firearms terminology; often used in training and maintenance contexts
Examples
- Soldiers must learn to fieldstrip their rifles quickly and efficiently.
- The instructor showed recruits how to fieldstrip and clean their weapons.
- Before storage, always fieldstrip your firearm and inspect each part.
- He fieldstripped the gun in under two minutes during the competition.
- Proper training includes learning to fieldstrip your equipment in the dark.