breechloader

American  

[breech-loh-der] / ˈbritʃˌloʊ dər /

noun

1. a firearm loaded at the breech.

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Etymology

Origin of breechloader

First recorded in 1855–60; breech + loader

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Example Sentences

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breechloader

Then, in 1855, England's Lord Armstrong designed a rifled breechloader that included so many improvements as to be revolutionary.

From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Albert Manucy

France has adopted the Kropatochek magazine rifle, Germany the Manser rifle, Austria the Mannlicher magazine rifle, Italy the Bertoldo magazine rifle, Russia the Berdan breechloader, Turkey the American rifle.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 Volume 1, Number 7 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan

The Honourable, when he went over the farm with his breechloader, invariably came in and drank a glass of the small beer.

From Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies

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

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

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