breechloader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of breechloader
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This little weapon was a double-barrelled breechloader, and carried the Boxer bullet of government calibre, with a charge of three drachms of powder.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
The gun belonging to the Sea Flower was a small breechloader of good pattern, and could carry a shell quite as far as the boats.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
He enjoyed no luxurious education—luxurious in the sense of scientifically arranged dormitories, ample meals, and vacations to be spent on horseback, or with the breechloader.
From Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies
What a clumsy thing that old flintlock fowling-piece would appear now beside the modern breechloader!
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery
A motion to "Hay," who held the firing lanyard, and almost instantly came the sharp, vicious report of the breechloader.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday
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