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Dispart   Listen
verb
Dispart  v. t.  
1.
(Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. "Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece."
2.
(Gun.) To furnish with a dispart sight.





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"Dispart" Quotes from Famous Books



... cannon were usually conspicuous by their absence in the early days. A dispart sight (an instrument similar to the modern infantry rifle sight), which compensated for the difference in diameter between the breech and the muzzle, was used in 1610, but the average artilleryman still aimed by sighting over the barrel. The ...
— Artillery Through the Ages - A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America • Albert Manucy


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