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breechloader

[ breech-loh-der ]

noun

  1. a firearm loaded at the breech.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of breechloader1

First recorded in 1855–60; breech + loader
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Example Sentences

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At that black mass, just as it was nearing the woods, and while the rifles still played upon it, the breechloader, grape-loaded, was trained and fired.

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Dimensions, expense, and very many other reasons are given for this ruinous custom, but all other Navies mount breechloaders on vessels of the same dimensions as our own.

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But these breechloaders, which send forth continuous flame, swift as the lightning, flash on flash, allow not a moment for thought.

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I thought poor Spalding might have left me some trifle to remember him by—his pet breechloader, or something of the kind; but, candidly, I never expected anything like this!â€

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It is part of the national hypocrisy to cry peace while our neighbours are whetting their knives and polishing their breechloaders.

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