chassepot
noun
a breechloading rifle, closed with a sliding bolt, introduced into the French army after 1866.
chassepots
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pluralof chassepot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The chassepots of Mentana were needed to check the Garibaldians.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
To the cannon and chassepots of the leagued reactionists they offered their bared breasts.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth
Accordingly I advised Hugh to confide to the sergeant in private the name of his father, and promise that a similar rifle would be sent to him with the next consignment of chassepots.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Here infantry were assembled, with their chassepots in readiness.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
But Beaudoin's company had seen them there once, and to their eyes they were there still; the chassepots seemed to go off of their own accord.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
