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breechblock

or breech-block

[ breech-blok ]

noun

Ordnance.
  1. a movable piece of metal for closing the breech in certain firearms.


breechblock

/ ˈ²ú°ù¾±Ë³Ùʃˌ²ú±ôÉ’°ì /

noun

  1. a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert the cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of breechblock1

First recorded in 1880–85; breech + block
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Nearer, a detachment of artillerymen were using hammers to smash up the dial sights and breechblocks of their guns.

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The Portuguese field artillery served their guns as long as possible and destroyed the breechblocks whenever it became inevitable that they would have to leave a gun behind.

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The heavy steel breechblock of the seventy-five was replaced by a wooden block.

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The breechblocks of the guns were opened, clicked shut again, and then came the welcome words: “Comp sissed!â€

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They were unsatisfactory because the breech could not be sealed against escape of the powder gases, and the crude, chambered breechblocks, jammed against the bore with a wedge, often cracked under the shock of firing.

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