breechloading
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of breechloading
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Five hundred patents on breechloading mechanisms were filed between 1860–71 in the United States alone.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2019
She was manned by the Maryland Naval Reserves, and her armament was composed of six-inch breechloading rifles, not of the rapid-fire class.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday
The guns known as breechloading rifles are from three inches to fourteen inches in calibre, that is, across the bore, and in length from twelve to over sixty feet.
From Marvels of Modern Science by Paul Severing
In addition to his musket, which was slung across his shoulders, I had given him one of my double breechloading pistols, which he carried in his belt.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
On the left-hand side were the shotguns, i.e., two breechloading No. 12; four muzzleloading No. 10.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
