single-barrel [sing-guh l-bar-uh l] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of single-barrel First recorded in 1840–50 Related formssin·gle-bar·reled; especially British, sin·gle-bar·relled, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for single-barrel Historical Examples of single-barrel
He already had his forefinger on the trigger of his “single-barrel.”
George Barr McCutcheon
A single-barrel will soon make a sportsman the keenest of shots.
Richard Jefferies
Lucky I was right about its being a single-barrel, ain’t it?
Herbert Quick
I began with talk to Mr. Jewell about a single-barrel breech-loader our house was controlling, and quoted it at $7.20, sixty days.
Wm. H. Maher
The single-barrel gun has passed out of modern sport; but I remember mine with regret, and think I shall some day buy another.
Richard Jefferies