headstamp

== English == === Etymology === From head +‎ stamp. === Noun === headstamp (plural headstamps) (military, firearms) The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing. 2009 Chivers, C.J. (The New York Times), Is U.S. Ammo going to Taliban?; run in Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2009, p A-1: Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps, which can reveal where and when ammunition was made. ==== Related terms ==== ammo, ammunition bullet, round breechloading cartridge, case, shell === Verb === headstamp (third-person singular simple present headstamps, present participle headstamping, simple past and past participle headstamped) (transitive) To affix a headstamp to. === Anagrams === Hampstead