clay pigeon

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English - Turkish
suni güvercin
trap
havaya atılan hedef
clay pigeon shooting
kıl güvercin çekim
English - English
A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting
disk of baked clay hurled into the air as a target in skeet shooting and trapshooting
Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice. hunting and clay-pigeon shooting. A clay disk thrown as a flying target for skeet and trapshooting. Also called bird
target used in skeet or trapshooting
clay pigeon shooting
a sport in which you shoot at circles of hard clay that are thrown up into the air American Equivalent: skeet shooting
clay pigeons
plural form of clay pigeon
clay pigeon

    Hyphenation

    Clay pi·geon

    Turkish pronunciation

    kley pîcın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈklā ˈpəʤən/ /ˈkleɪ ˈpɪʤən/

    Etymology

    () clay +‎ pigeon. The term is a remnant of the history of trap shooting. Originally, live pigeons were used as targets, but they were gradually replaced with clay disks and ultimately banned. Later clay has been replaced with more suitable raw materials.
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