smoothbore

[ smooth -bawr, -bohr ]

/ ˈsmuðˌbɔr, -ˌboʊr /

(of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.

a smoothbore gun.

Origin of smoothbore

First recorded in 1790–1800; smooth + bore²

On the morning of the Friday when the ultimatum was to be sent to Smoothbore, Peel returned to the hospital from the town.

The Great Gold Rush |W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
Smoothbore's trooper was a youth of ideas—a good type of the fine force.

The Great Gold Rush |W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
The ship had also four 9-inch smoothbore Dahlgrens to complete its main battery.

With the Battle Fleet |Franklin Matthews
Smoothbore gave him three months on the Wood-pile, with a blue ticket at the end of that term.

The Great Gold Rush |W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis

"Our lives don't figure in this proposition," and once again Smoothbore smiled.

The Great Gold Rush |W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis

smoothbore

/ (ˈsmuːðˌbɔː) /

(modifier) (of a firearm) having an unrifled bore a smoothbore musket

such a firearm

smoothbored, adjective