Meaning & use
Cannelure
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A circumferential groove cut or molded around a cylindrical object, such as a bullet, candle, or column.
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The bullet's cannelure allows it to be crimped securely into the cartridge case.
The columns featured decorative cannelures running their full height.
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Borrowed from French, where "cannelure" means fluting or grooving; the term is especially common in firearms manufacturing and classical architecture.
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