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1The Bore's Head Tavern — North out of Aldgate High Street, near the Blue Boar Inn (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27). In Portsoken Ward. Former name : Parrot Alley (O. and M. 1677). Seems to have been removed in the 18th century …
2Bore (wind instruments) — The bore of a wind instrument is its interior chamber that defines a flow path through which air travels and is set into vibration to produce sounds. The shape of the bore has a strong influence on the instruments timbre. Contents 1 Bore shapes 1 …
3Bore (engine) — Bore is the diameter measurement of the cylinders in a piston engine. Engine displacement is calculated by: The term bore can also be applied to the bore of a locomotive cylinder. See also Stroke (engine) Compression ratio Cylinder head porting… …
4Bore — (b[=o]r), n. 1. A hole made by boring; a perforation. [1913 Webster] 2. The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube. [1913 Webster] The bores of wind instruments. Bacon. [1913 Webster] Love s… …
5bore — the bore of a gun is the inside diameter of its barrel. As a result, bore is sometimes used as a unit, meaning the same as gauge1 for shotguns and the same as caliber1 for other guns …
6bore — The interior of a barrel forward of the chamber. bore brush A brush usually having brass of plastic bristles which is used to clean deposits from the bore of a firearm …
7Bore Track — The Bore Track is an adventurous 4WD track in South Australia longing the Queensland border from Cameron s Corner to Innamincka. It is a narrow, rarely used, scenic alternative to the broad truck route of the Strzelecki Track, passing through the …
8bore — bore1 boreable, borable, adj. /bawr, bohr/, v., bored, boring, n. v.t. 1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument. 2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument. 3. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine,… …
9Bore gauge — A bore gauge is a convenient term for the measuring or transfer tools that are used in the process of accurately measuring holes.Transfer gaugesTelescopic gaugesThese are a range of gauges that are used to measure a bore s size, by transferring… …
10Bore evacuator — A bore evacuator is a device on the gun barrel of an armoured fighting vehicle which helps prevent poisonous propellant gases from venting back into the vehicle s fighting compartment when the gun breech is opened to load another shell. Bore… …
