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Leade vs Leady - What's the difference?

leade | leady |

As a noun leade

is that portion of a firearm's barrel immediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.

As an adjective leady is

resembling lead (the metal).

leade

English

Noun

(head)
  • That portion of a firearm's barrel immediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.
  • * 2004 , Tom A. Warlow, Firearms, The Law And Forensic Ballistics , page 117
    • The bullet must then jump some distance before it enters the leade of the rifling in the barrel. There is always some tendency for skidding to occur before the rifling fully engages [....]

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    leady

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling lead (the metal).
    • (Webster 1913)