noun
- firearms with barrels that have smooth interior surfaces without rifling grooves
Usage: firearms; plural of smoothbore
Examples
- The museum displayed several Civil War smoothbores used by infantry.
- Smoothbores were common before rifling technology improved accuracy.
- Hunters preferred smoothbores for shooting birds at close range.
- The artillery unit was equipped with large smoothbores for siege warfare.
- Early smoothbores had limited range compared to modern rifles.
- Shotguns are modern examples of smoothbores still in use today.