Crossword clues for rebore
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (context transitive English) To bore through an existing hole, generally to correct its shape. Etymology 2
vb. (context transitive rare English) (en-pastrebear), generally used in the context of Christianity.
Usage examples of "rebore".
I get paid, I promise you a proper overhaul, rebore, decontam, the works.
He flashed me a big smile before giving his teeth a rebore with the Beefeater martini.
In the back country you sometimes came across one, generally rebored and rebuilt, held together with rusting baling wire, the butt long rotted.
Newly rebored a short time ago, in tip top condition, and look at it now drinking oil.
The favourite weapon of the peasantry, on account of its low price and other good qualities, is the old Enfield rifle bought out of the Government stores, shortened and rebored to get rid of the rifling.
Originally shipped as 125cc, some kid from the tanneries had obviously rebored the pot and stripped off the mudguards.
He paid off the balance on the Mercedes, had it rebored and tuned, had the six assorted scrapes and scratches on its gleaming black hide repaired, and took it out on the Taconic for a run.
We have had some success reboring captured artillery tubes to fire our ammunition, and could perhaps manufacture more tubes to our own specifications.
New bearings, new bevel gear, new brake, lining, rebored cylinders--they totalled a sum that made Bill gasp.
Newly rebored a short time ago, in tip top condition, and look at it now drinking oil.
Normally, when the lands inside a rifle barrel had worn down to uselessness, the weapon had to be rebored and rerifled, which changed the caliber, making standard rounds useless.
Here a complete overhaul job is done, the linings of the motors rebored, with new rings, tested and ready to go finally into the paint room, where they are resprayed with green paint.
In the back country you sometimes came across one, generally rebored and rebuilt, held together with rusting baling wire, the butt long rotted.
They were part of the spoils of Mauritius, light, beautiful guns, and he had had them carefully rebored to take English nine-pound shot: he had also had them painted a dull chocolate-brown, to do away with some of the incessant polishing that took up so much time in a ship - time that could be far better spent.
Karl had come up with the notion of doing a more thorough reboring of the barrel, until the bore was a thumb's width, then cutting it down, turning the weapon into a smoothbore shotgun.