muzzleloader

or muz·zle-load·er

[ muhz-uhl-loh-der ]

/ ˈmʌz əlˌloʊ dər /

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noun

a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.

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Origin of muzzleloader

First recorded in 1855–60; muzzle + loader

OTHER WORDS FROM muzzleloader

muz·zle·load·ing, adjective

How to use muzzleloader in a sentence

Control Room Sook Shoot Out -- some editorial changes and some VFX muzzle flashes.
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Biden is such a straight shooter that pundits say he needs a muzzle.
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Suddenly, the darkness came alive with muzzle flashes and tracer rounds.
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The result of the back-and-forth was guaranteed national publicity for the very ideas the politicians wanted to muzzle.
‘The Gatekeepers,’ Brooklyn College BDS Forum: Week of Israel Debate|Gail Sheehy|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He pointed the muzzle at Jones and pulled the trigger, shooting him in the head with a fatally real bullet.
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He turned at the sound of my voice with vastly more concern than he'd betrayed under the muzzle of Piegan's gun.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It was a hippopotamus which had been standing on the river-brink within six yards of the muzzle of his gun.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The gunner's seat moved with the carriage, from which he could elevate or depress the muzzle by a lever.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Then, lifting its head and muzzle to the sky, it opened its long jaws and gave vent to a dismal and prolonged howling.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
He laughed, stooped over Black Hood, pressed the muzzle of his gun to the manhunter's forehead.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for muzzleloader

muzzle-loader

noun

a firearm receiving its ammunition through the muzzle

Derived forms of muzzle-loader

muzzle-loading, adjective

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