"sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> sling arms


"Let your rifles hang from your right shoulders by their slings and hold
them there with your right hands grasping the slings," in my day.

It takes longer to describe loosely that it takes to do it precisely. I
hate when that happens.

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