Enfield rifle
noun
a single-shot, muzzleloading rifle, of .577 caliber, used by the British army in the Crimean War and in limited numbers by both sides in the American Civil War.
a bolt-action, breech-loading, .303-caliber magazine rifle introduced in Britain in 1902.
an American .30-caliber rifle used in World War I by U.S. troops, patterned after the British Enfield rifle.
Also called
Enfield.
Origin of Enfield rifle
named after
Enfield, England, where it was first made
British Dictionary definitions for enfield rifle
Enfield rifle
noun
a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries
a 19th-century muzzle-loading musket used by the British army
Word Origin for Enfield rifle
C19: from
Enfield, where it was first made