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Definition of Breech-loading
1. Adjective. (of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech.
Definition of Breech-loading
1. Adjective. (context: of a gun) Such that ammunition is loaded at the rear of the bore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breech-loading
Literary usage of Breech-loading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The comparative advantages of breech-loading and muzzle-loading for ordnance on
service are fully discussed in tho article ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Double-barreled, sporting, breech-loading, shotguns, combination shotguns and
rifles, valued at not more than five dollars, one dollar and fifty cents each ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1871)
"Several iron breech-loading guns, made by the Chinese, looking very old, but date
unknown, probably of the 15th Century. 14. German breech-loading guns and ..."
4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"Two 9-cm. long muzzle-loading bronze guns i6 6 Portillo Caney: Battery No.
i: Two 8-cm. short breech-loading bronze guns (Plasencia system) 25 10 Battery No ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"On Hit Progress of Invention in breech-loading Small Anns during the past Twenty
... All the inventions in breech-loading firearms since 1851 presenting any ..."
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