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

Example Sentences

The "Dutchman," being a breechloader, was ready again, and we fired into this stupid-looking brute as though he had been a target, and with about the same effect.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

He took his place near the cabin, where the women were slumbering, with his breechloader in hand.

From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

For military purposes the breechloader has manifold advantages—as the soldier can load while lying down, and keep up a rapid fire from a secure cover.

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Yet its only luxury was the bottom of a breechloader brass cartridge, inlaid and flanked by the sharp incisors of the little Wabar, or mountain coney.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

THE beginning of the game of Little War, as we know it, became possible with the invention of the spring breechloader gun.

From Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)