breechloader

Historical Examples

• Yes, a breechloader—a Purdey he called it, and a bag of cartridges.

  Middy and Ensign

  G. Manville Fenn

• A motion to "Hay," who held the firing lanyard, and almost instantly came the sharp, vicious report of the breechloader.

  A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"

  Russell Doubleday

• 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

• 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