windage

2 definitions found

windage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Windage \Wind"age\, n. [From Wind air in motion.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Gun.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of
        a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile
        in passing close to another body.
        [1913 Webster]

windage - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  windage
      n 1: the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
      2: the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the
         surface of the bore of the gun
      3: exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull
         which is responsible for wind resistance) [syn: windage,
         wind exposure]
      4: the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of
         wind [syn: windage, wind deflection]