Nickelling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The metallic fouling of a gun's bore with fragments of bullet casing. uncountable

    "Further trials were carried out to establish their accuracy life and whether they developed any tendency to nickelling under Service conditions."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of nickel form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
atomic number 28aureatebarbrassbrassybrazen

Example

More examples

"Further trials were carried out to establish their accuracy life and whether they developed any tendency to nickelling under Service conditions."

More for "nickelling"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.