Sentence examples for gunstock from inspiring English sources

The serpentine was replaced by a mechanism, enclosed within the gunstock, that consisted of a trigger, an arm holding the match with its adjustable jaws at the end, a sear connecting trigger and arm, and a mechanical linkage opening the flashpan cover as the match descended.

Need a bird's-eye maple gunstock?

The Gunstock Recreation Area, noted for winter skiing, is 7 miles (11 km) east.

Ashley Gunstock London E11 There is one curious aspect of the debate on climate change that commentators never remark on ("To fight climate change, we must trust scientific truth and collective action", Will Hutton, Comment).

"Who wouldn't want to try?" Standing in the finish area at Gunstock, after a few moments of gloom when my daughter talked about how she had so wanted to go faster and place higher -- and after a gentle reminder that she had been racing against an elite field culled from throughout the Northeast -- I recalled our conversation about the Little League World Series.

The dark, fine-grained wood of English and black walnuts is used for furniture, panelling, and gunstocks.

The development of mechanical locks was accompanied by the evolution of gunstocks with proper grips and an enlarged butt to transmit the recoil to the user's body.

There are former soldiers, their gunstocks painted red, green, and black — the suddenly ubiquitous colors of the pre-Qaddafi Libyan flag.

Speaking from a balcony overlooking the parade, the portly North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, pledged that the military would provide the "strong sword" and the Korean people "the gunstocks of revolution" for a "final victory" against Washington's "hostile policy" and "imperialism".

There are former soldiers, their gunstocks painted red, green, and black the suddenly ubiquitous colors of the pre-Qaddafi Libyan flag.

And inside this building, with its high, small windows, there is, of course, another line, and more soldiers, who are sometimes a little disgusted by the smell, and sometimes a little pissed off, sometimes bored, patting their gunstocks impatiently because you are anxious and slow.