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autoloader

American  
[aw-toh-loh-der] / ˈɔ toʊˌloʊ dər /

noun

  1. a firearm with an automatic loading mechanism.


Etymology

Origin of autoloader

auto- 3 + loader

Example Sentences

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The autoloader resembles a pair of fishing rods, angled in a V shape.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2023

First built in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in the 1960s, the T-64 revolutionized tank design by including an autoloader, which cut the crew size from four to three.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2022

Browning answered that question in 1994 with the Gold, the successor to the great but outdated A-5 autoloader.

From Time Magazine Archive

A bottom-ejecting autoloader, the 105 weighs just 7 pounds in 12-gauge with a 28-inch barrel, thanks to a titanium and carbon receiver and a carbon-fiber rib.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had two rifles, one an autoloader, and they had in all likelihood three negatron pistols.

From The Keeper by H. Beam Piper

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