field strip

verb — 2 senses

field strip

verb
1

To dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.

  • He'd learned how to work a repeater - even how to fieldstrip and clean it.1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
2

To take apart (a cigarette butt) for the purpose of reducing litter.

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