The cylindrical metal tube of a gun through which a bullet is fired.
From 'gun' + 'barrel' (a container or cylindrical object). The term emerged in the 16th century as guns became more common.
The rifling inside a gun barrel—those spiral grooves—makes bullets spin like a football, which helps them fly straight for longer distances, a revolution in accuracy!
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