cannelure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cannelure.

Noun

cannelure (plural cannelures)

1. (firearms) A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.

References

• US Army Dictionary

Anagrams

• uncleaner

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, first attested in 1545 as canneleüre; from canneler (“provide with a channel”), from canne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.lyʁ/

Noun

cannelure f (plural cannelures)

1. groove (linear indent)
2. (botany) striation (on a plant)
3. (architecture) flute (on a column)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Further reading

• “cannelure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.