backbore
backbore · backbores · backbored · backboring
To modify so as to increase the bore diameterTo modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter.
To bore from the backside of a workpiece by using a boring tool that passes through one or more through holes, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), bores a feature on the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).
Origin
From back + bore.From back + bore.
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Forms
backbores, backboring, backbored, backboredWord family
1 related wordsRelatedoverbore
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle