wad hook

English

Alternative forms

• wad-hook, wadhook

Noun

wad hook (plural wad hooks)

1. two spiral blades arranged something like a corkscrew and fastened to a ramrod for extracting spherical objects from the bottom of a bore-hole, particularly a bullet from the barrel of a firearm

   Synonyms: spiral worm, gun worm, packing worm, wad coil

Translations

two spiral blades arranged something like a corkscrew for extracting spherical objects from the bottom of a bore-hole, particularly a bullet from a firearm

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pesuri (fi)
• French: tirebourre (fr) m, tire-bourre (fr) m, tireballe m, tire-balle (fr) m
• German: Kugelzieher m, Krätzer (de) m, Flintenkrätzer m, Schusszieher m, Dammzieher m (in artillery)
• Italian: cavastracci m
• Latin: virga hāmāta f
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kulociąg m, grajcar (pl) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: пыжо́вник m (pyžóvnik)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: wućahowak m

• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: تفنك بورغوسی (tüfenk burğusu)

See also

• cleaning rod