Lexic.us

Definition of Muzzle loader

1. Noun. An obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muzzle Loader

Literary usage of Muzzle loader

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895, with Some by Herbert Wrigley Wilson (1898)
"A muzzle-loader of any length must necessarily be difficult to load, as it has to be run in till the muzzle is inboard. Thus, here was one cause which would ..."

2. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... -kanon muzzle-loader. Forlade «ig paa rely el. depend on, trust to. ... -vaaben muzzle-loader. Forlag [n] [af Boger] publishing; udgive paa eget ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In 1871 the Snider breech-loader replaced the Enfield muzzle-loader, ... though for fine shooting the muzzle-loader still seemed hard to equal. ..."

4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1897)
"The con- 5n that no cartridge could be invented which would clean larrel as effectively as the wad used with the muzzle-loader, io firmly rooted that no ..."

5. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1879)
"As regards the weight to be carried, the breech-loader is but very little heavier than the muzzle-loader, so far as the guns themselves are concerned ..."

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