Crossword-Solution: BACKSIGHT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Backsight | n. | The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3. |
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| sight of a rifle nearer the stock | 1 answer |
| GUN part | 33 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EEN
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Sentences with BACKSIGHT (5)
The tiny figures seen over the slide of the backsight seemed a little larger, but also fewer at each successive volley.
With the slow speed advised by the Roman philosopher, the backsight and foresight of the Lee-Metford came into line with the breast of the coarse brute clutching the girl's face.
The sights of cross-staffs, fore-staffs, quadrants, &c., are pieces of brass standing perpendicularly to the plane of the instrument; the one opposite to the fore horizon-glass is the foresight-vane, the other the backsight-vane.
All directions were plotted on the plane-table which was oriented by backsight; distances were determined by the micro-meteralidade or triangulation, or both combined; and elevations were obtained by vertical angles.
Care of Arms.=--(i) When the rifle is _not in use_, the leaf and slide of the backsight should be lowered to avoid the risk of damage from a blow or fall.