gunfittingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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gunfitting (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 gunfittings)

1. The act or practice of fitting a gun to an individual shooter so as to provide the best gunfit.
   • 2006, Tom Deck, Orvis Guide to Gunfitting, page 22:

     One of the first steps in gunfitting is to develop a consistent and repeatable gun mount.

   • 2011, Robert Churchill, How To Shoot - Some Lessons In The Science Of Shot Gun Shooting:

     Here is where gunfitting and to less extent the clothes worn need consideration.

   • 2021, Don Currie, Gunfitting: Achieving the Ideal Fit for the Game and Clay Shot, page 175:

     I have performed gunfittings for shotgun brands such as Purdey, Perazzi, Beretta, Caesar Guerini, Blaser, Krieghoff, Grulla, and probably a couple of others I can't remember.

2. (usually in the plural) The fittings of a gun that is used by the military.
   • 1873, Annual Register, page 52:

     No damage whatever was done to the interior of the turret or to any of the gunfittings or their slides.

   • 1882, Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey, The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration, page 176:

     None of the gunfittings or gear were injured in any way.

   • 1898, Thomas Jondrie Vivian, The Fall of Santiago, page 89:

     By the explosion of the shell and the fractures made by coming into contact with the stanchion and ribs the shell was resolved into a flying hail of steel splinters which swept along the starboard side for nearly thirty feet, cutting off bolt heads, breaking gunfittings and actually planing off the paint from the ship's side as cleanly as though it had been laboriously done by hand.