English Dictionary

Tennessee windage

名詞

アメリカ英語 俗語 不可算名詞

(US, slang) An adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.

日本語の意味

米国のスラングで、射手が風や標的の動きによる影響を補正するため、照準器の微調整ではなく、感覚的に標的の水平位置を目視して狙いを定める方法を指す。

He used Tennessee windage to compensate for the crosswind, aiming slightly to the right of the target instead of adjusting his sights.

彼は横方向の照準補正で向かい風を補正し、サイトを調整する代わりに標的のやや右を狙った。

意味（1）

(US, slang) An adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.

Why not assume that a hundred and sixty-seven thousand light-years leaves room for Tennessee windage amounting to only a hair’s breadth of a fraction of one per cent?