breech-loader

British  

/ ˈbriːtʃˌləʊdə /

noun

1. a firearm that is loaded at the breech

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Example Sentences

Early on 1st January 1915, the two-man army packed into the ice-chest a Snider-Enfield, which Gool had bought for £5, and a Martini-Henry breech-loader with a long steel barrel.

From Newsweek

A later innovation in the modern breech-loader is the single trigger mechanism introduced by some of the leading English gun-makers, by which both barrels can be fired in succession by a single trigger.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

It was, of course, a breech-loader, and carried six extra cartridges in its magazine.

From Campmates A Story of the Plains by Munroe, Kirk

It's a breech-loader, too; none of your old-fashioned things, mind you, but a reg'lar good one.

From Rossmoyne by Unknown