pea rifle


noun

a small rifle

Example sentences from the Web for pea rifle

  • It was not until he had left and returned again with a pea-rifle and a violin that Frederick recognised the brave private, Bulke.

    Atlantis |Gerhart Hauptmann
  • They are, however, now seldom used except for rook-shooting; and even there the pea-rifle has almost entirely superseded them.

    How to Fence |Aaron A. Warford