breechloader

[ breech-loh-der ]

/ ˈbritʃˌloʊ dər /

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noun

a firearm loaded at the breech.

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Origin of breechloader

First recorded in 1855–60; breech + loader

Words nearby breechloader

breeches, breeches buoy, breeches part, breeching, breechless, breechloader, breechloading, breed, breeder, breeder reactor, breeding

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How to use breechloader in a sentence

The chief lesson taught by the engagement is the tremendous power of the breechloader in steady hands.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle
I carried a smooth-bore breechloader charged with the largest buck-shot in one barrel and with a bullet in the other.
Round About the Carpathians|Andrew F. Crosse
Some one made him a present of a Purdey breechloader, and he uses Eley cartridges.
Middy and Ensign|G. Manville Fenn
It was a rifle—a repeating breechloader of a famous make and a model of thirty years before.
The Strength of the Pines|Edison Marshall

The Honourable, when he went over the farm with his breechloader, invariably came in and drank a glass of the small beer.
Hodge and His Masters|Richard Jefferies

British Dictionary definitions for breechloader

breech-loader

/ (ˈbriːtʃˌləʊdə) /

noun

a firearm that is loaded at the breech

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