breech-loader
Britishnoun
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Early on 1st January 1915, the two-man army packed into the ice-chest a Snider-Enfield, which Gool had bought for £5, and a Martini-Henry breech-loader with a long steel barrel.
From Newsweek
He then replaced the musket in its sealskin cover as carefully as if it had been a $300 breech-loader.
From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.
With the breech-loader you can in a moment remove the very possibility of accident by pulling out the cartridges and putting them in your pocket.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
Against close bodies of men the breech-loader will do wonders.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
This, like all others of his make, is a breech-loader.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
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