Well, the way it was explained to _me_ was that "bore" and "gauge" were different words for the same measure. Along those lines, I doubt if Kipling would have loaded a protagonist with a "double four-bore" if your measure governed in the Raj....
Dunno if we are discussing regional variations or what.
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Date: 2004-12-20 07:44 pm (UTC)Dunno if we are discussing regional variations or what.