[Ads-l] Furniture

Bill Mullins amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM
Mon Dec 24 07:08:11 UTC 2018


This sense does not appear to be in the OED.

furniture (n) - the wooden parts of a rifle, particularly the stock and 
foreguard


_Field and Stream_ Jun 1981 p 105 col 1

(display adv) ".50 Cal. Hawken Rifle Kit This kit features double set 
triggers, large patchbox and furniture"


_AR Rifleman_ Jan 2016 p 21 col 3

"Windham Weaponry has actually managed to come up with several hybrid 
ARs that bridge the gap between "moderne" and "classique" furniture 
among the sea of basic black and boring synthetic."


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