leade

English

Etymology

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Noun

leade(pluralleades)

1. That portion of afirearm'sbarrelimmediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.
   • 2004,Tom A. Warlow,Firearms, The Law And Forensic Ballistics,page117:

     The bullet must then jump some distance before it enters theleadeof the rifling in the barrel. There is always some tendency for skidding to occur before the rifling fully engages[…]

Anagrams

• Adele,Edale,adele,deale

Galician

Verb

leade

1. second-personpluralimperativeoflear

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino)IPA^(key):/ˈle̯ate/

Noun

leade

1. sheepstable

Inflection

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1],Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland