Kentucky windage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from marksmen using the Kentucky rifle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun[edit]
Kentucky windage (usually uncountable, plural Kentucky windages)
- (US, slang) An adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.
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See also[edit]
Kentucky windage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia