1. having a smooth interior surface without rifling grooves
Usage: firearms

1. a firearm with a smooth interior barrel surface without rifling grooves
Usage: firearms

Examples

• The musket was a smoothbore weapon used by colonial soldiers.
• Smoothbore cannons were common in naval warfare during the 18th century.
• The shotgun is a modern example of a smoothbore firearm.
• Early smoothbore rifles were less accurate than later rifled versions.
• The museum displayed several smoothbore pistols from the Civil War era.
• Hunters often prefer smoothbore guns for shooting birds.
• The smoothbore design made the weapon easier to load quickly.