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Kentucky windage

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Etymology

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Derived from marksmen using the Kentucky rifle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Kentucky windage (usually uncountable, plural Kentucky windages)

  1. (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.
    Synonym: Tennessee windage
    Hypernyms: windage < adjustment, correction
    Coordinate term: Arkansas elevation
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