Definition of "dispart" in English

verb

1. (transitive, now rare) To part, separate.

   • […] tenderly unfringe / Your long and lustrous lashes; cluster down / The mantling glory of deep fragrant hair, / Disparted from each forehead, myrtle-wreath'd, […]

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To divide, divide up, distribute.

noun

1. The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

   • 1854-1862, Charles Knight, "DISPART", in English Cyclopaedia On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis.

2. A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.

verb

1. (transitive) To furnish with a dispart sight.

2. (transitive) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.