breech-loader

/ ˈbriːtʃˌləʊdə /

noun

1. a firearm that is loaded at the breech

Example Sentences

But it was not until fixed ammunition came into use that the breech-loader really came to stay—and that was only the other day.

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One big breech-loader had the weight of an elephant rifle, and there were also swords, bayonets and weapons of ancient type.

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Then he put his head down the cabin skylight and ordered the steward to bring up his breech-loader and a lot of cartridges.

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None others, as it happened, were fated to fall victims to the deadly breech-loader of our sportsman-skipper.

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As he sits there a moment, his attention divided between you and the new alarm, the breech-loader belches its charge.

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