nickelling

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English

Verb

nickelling

  1. present participle and gerund of nickel

Noun

nickelling (uncountable)

  1. (firearms) The metallic fouling of a gun's bore with fragments of bullet casing.
    • 1962, Edmund George Barton Reynolds, The Lee-Enfield Rifle, page 158:
      Further trials were carried out to establish their accuracy life and whether they developed any tendency to nickelling under Service conditions.