powder charge

noun

propellant(def 2).

Origin of powder charge

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby powder charge

poway, powder, powder blue, powder boy, powder burn, powder charge, powder chest, powder compact, powder down, powder flag, powder flask

Example sentences from the Web for powder charge

  • I did not know if it would prove too big a powder-charge for my rifle, I did not know then even how I came to have the cartridges.

    Valley of the Croen |Lee Tarbell

  • That in which the powder-charge and projectile are fixed; as examples, the ammunition for small-arm pieces and that for the 6-pdr.

    The Gunner's Examiner |Harold E. Cloke