Springfield rifle: Meaning and Definition of

Spring'field ri'fle

1. a single-shot, breechloading .45-caliber rifle used by the U.S. Army from 1867 to 1893.
2. Also calleda bolt-operated, magazine-fed, .30-caliber rifle adopted by the U.S. Army in 1903 and used during World War I.
3. a single-shot, muzzleloading rifle of .58-inch caliber, used by the Union Army during the Civil War.