Cannelure
a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
any groove or fluting on a cylinderlike object.
Historical Examples
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
noun
a groove or fluting, esp one around the cylindrical part of a bullet
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