drilling

Meanings

Verb

Present participle of drill

Noun

Act of drilling.
A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels).
A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.

Origin

drill + -ing
From German Drilling ("gun with three barrels; triplet").

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