English Explanatory Dictionary

underlug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the receiver bottom.
  2. The metal shroud underneath the barrel of a revolver that surrounds and protects the extractor rod.

Word forms

underlug underlugs

Etymology

From under- + lug.

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