Crossword clues for ramrod
ramrod
- Stick for a muzzle loader
- Rifle adjunct
- Powder packer
- Muzzle-loading gadget
- Gun loader
- Cleaner for gun barrels
- Muzzle-loading aid
- Musketeer's tool
- Musket-loading tool
- Hard taskmaster
- Force through
- Force acceptance of
- Force (through)
- Accomplish using force
- Standard of straightness
- Rigid fellow
- Rifleman's tamping device
- Old weapon loader
- Muzzle-loading packer
- Musket-loading implement
- Musket accessory
- Gun-barrel tamping device
- Gun cleaner, proverbially stiff and straight
- Firearm-cleaning aid
- Duane Eddy single off "Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel"
- Duane Eddy and Springsteen songs with same title
- Duane Eddy & Springsteen songs w/same title
- Ammo-loading gadget for a musket
- Symbol of stiffness
- Muzzle loading aid
- Muzzle packer
- Blunderbuss cleaner
- Strict disciplinarian
- Musketeer's need
- Demanding overseer
- Flintlock accessory
- Gunner's tool
- Muzzle-loading tool
- Musket loader
- Cannon loader
- Implement for a muzzleloader
- A rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm
- A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm
- A harshly demanding overseer
- Martinet
- Muzzle loader
- Disciplinarian
- Small-arms cleaner
- Cannon adjunct
- Rifle cleaner
- Muzzle stuffer
- Barrel cleaner
- Muzzleloading aid
- Strict boss
- Muzzleloader accessory
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ramrod \Ram"rod`\ (r[a^]m"r[o^]d`), n. The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 Device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant. 2 ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done. 3 (context military English) A World War II code name for short range fighter and bomber attacks to destroy ground targets, similar to circus attacks. 4 (context slang English) The penis. vb. (context transitive English) To force.
WordNet
n. a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm
a harshly demanding overseer
a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm
Wikipedia
A ramrod is a metal or wooden device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly gunpowder). It is also commonly referred to as a "scouring stick". The ramrod was used with muzzle-loading weapons such as muskets and cannons, and was usually held in a notch underneath the barrel.
Bullets that did not fit snugly in the barrel were often secured in place by a wad of paper, but either way, ramming was necessary to place the bullet securely at the rear of the barrel. Ramming was also needed to tamp the powder so that it would explode properly instead of fizzle (this was a leading cause of misfires).
The ramrod could also be fitted with tools for various tasks such as cleaning the weapon, or retrieving a stuck bullet.
Early handguns were loaded a bit like muskets - powder was poured into each chamber of the cylinder, and a bullet was then squeezed in. Such handguns usually had a ramming mechanism built into the frame. The user pulled a lever underneath the barrel of the pistol, which pushed a rammer into the aligned chamber.
Naval artillery began as breech-loading cannon and these too required ramming. Large breech loading guns continued into the 1880s, using wooden staffs worked by several sailors as ramrods. Manual ramming was replaced with hydraulic powered ramming with trials on from 1874.
Ramrod is a 1947 Western film directed by André De Toth.
This cowboy drama from Hungarian director De Toth was the first of several films based on the stories of Western author Luke Short. De Toth's first Western is often compared to films noir movies released around the same time. The film stars Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, who was married to director De Toth from 1944 to 1952.
A ramrod is a device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly gunpowder).
Ramrod may also refer to:
"Ramrod" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen for his fifth album, The River, released in 1980. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York in June or July 1979. The song was actually written earlier and recorded for Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town album, but that recording was not used for its release on The River.
Although "Ramrod" was never released as the A-side of a single, it reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981. It has remained a popular song in concerts by Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band, with about 410 performances through 2008, and appearing on both the CD and DVD versions of Live in New York City.
In the Netherlands, "Ramrod" was released as the B-side of the " Point Blank" single in 1981. In other countries it was released as the B-side of " The River".
Ramrod is an EP by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel released by Self Immolation/ Some Bizzare in 1987.
"Ramrod" is a song written by Al Casey and performed by Duane Eddy. The song reached #17 on the R&B chart and #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. The song appeared on his 1958 album, Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel.
The song was produced by Lee Hazlewood and Lester Sill. The song's writer, Al Casey, played piano on the song.
Usage examples of "ramrod".
Florian cried, and clapped Yount heartily on the shoulder, then ran to the ring to introduce the next artiste, Colonel Ramrod.
But he could no more have defended it from the Lizards than Bradley could have ramrodded the Metallurgical Laboratory project.
Ramrod straight in his seat, immaculate in sharply creased morning casuals, monocle glinting in the mountain sunshine, Follingston-Heath wiped seared flounder flakes from his lower lip and eyed his friend questioningly.
I dare look my musqueteers in the face again unless I bring them something to toast upon the end of their ramrods!
Again her eyes opened and her neck strained up to allow her mouth to possess the ramrodding piston of lust.
So the long line rolled in until three squadrons of horse and four small cannon, with the blue-coated Dutch cannoniers as stiff as their own ramrods, brought up the rear.
Inevitably, Major - de Coverley was among them, seated straight as a ramrod in a jeep he had obtained from somewhere, glancing neither right nor left as the artillery fire burst about his invincible head and lithe young infantrymen with carbines went loping up along the sidewalks in the shelter of burning buildings or fell dead in doorways.
Then came the servants, observing precedence--butler, hamal, dog-boy, dhobie, sweeper, three gardeners--all salaaming with both hands, and Mahommed Babar standing straight as a ramrod over to the right because he was of the North and a Moslem, and would not submit to comparison with Hindus.
To tear off the ends of the thick cartridge paper, prime the gun, close the frizzen, upend the musket, pour the powder, put in the ball, ram the ball and paper, drop the ramrod into the barrel rings, bring the musket to the shoulder, pull the doghead to full cock, aim at the smoke, remember to aim low, wait for the order.
The two men gripped their machine pistols and went ramrod stiff until Luis and the major passed.
I ran off to fetch some water, hung the messtin up on a ramrod laid across the fire between two bayonets stuck into the ground, and moved up to the wounded man.
For the first time, Colonel Ramrod introduced the eight polka-dot Pinzgauer horses into his liberty act.
Will you boss the setup, Colonel Ramrod, while I follow the posters again and see if I can find Sir John?
Ask Colonel Ramrod where he wants to respot your act, and see Madame Delattre for any costumery you may require.
Florian or Colonel Ramrod to excuse them from the next show, and often just minutes before they were due to go on, for fear that the cramps or the diarrhea were about to strike when they were variously on the trapeze, on a rosinback horse, on the tightrope or in one of the wild animal cages.