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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

You�ll notice, too, that there�s no ejection port in the side of the receiver; the 105 CTi is the first bottom-ejecting autoloader ever made.

From Time Magazine Archive

Browning answered that question in 1994 with the Gold, the successor to the great but outdated A-5 autoloader.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Keeper by Piper, H. Beam

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