[
UK
/ɹˈæmɹɒd/
]
[ US /ˈɹæmˌɹɑd/ ]
[ US /ˈɹæmˌɹɑd/ ]
NOUN
- a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm
- a harshly demanding overseer
- a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm
How To Use ramrod In A Sentence
- Jillie tossed her hair over her shoulder as she walked to her car, her back ramrod straight, feeling his eyes boring into her with every step she took.
- The soldier stood stiff as a ramrod.
- I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod.
- Using a knitting needle as a ramrod he pushed it as far up as it would go. THE ONLY GAME
- Soldiers gripped the ball end in their teeth and tore it off the top of the cartridge; the charge was then poured, the paper used as a wad to pack it down, and the ball seated on top with the ramrod.
- Using a knitting needle as a ramrod he pushed it as far up as it would go. THE ONLY GAME
- He was walking back over to his car, back ramrod straight.
- They resisted the efforts of the Berskshire Sports & Entertainment group (BS&E) formed to ramrod the stadium through.
- For the double-ended ramrods, one end is threaded for cleaning attachments and the other end shaped concave for loading a patched round lead ball over 30 grains of powder.
- Contemporary drill manuals dictated twenty separate steps to load and fire the Bess, including five just to replace the ramrod.
