Word: rifling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ri
fling
Definition: The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Morphemes:
Affix: rifle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rifler
Language: fro
Decoded: rifler
Meaning: to scrape off, plunder
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.