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Definition of Breechloader
1. Noun. A gun that is loaded at the breech.
Definition of Breechloader
1. n. A firearm which receives its load at the breech.
Definition of Breechloader
1. Noun. a variety of firearm in which the weapon is loaded from the breech, i.e. the end opposite that which discharges the projectile ¹
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Definition of Breechloader
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Breechloader
Literary usage of Breechloader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1878)
"... 17 a 12 a Discipline, Sm 12 <• Distribution of, 5 « 6 c— 8 »i 11 d Reserve
Fund, 11 HI Sd — Bills Relating to the Navy, Zj 9 d — breechloader*, ..."
2. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S.: Modern Discoverer of the by Henry Johnson (1907)
"... —Native gratitude—" Jolly priests "—The vodka curse —A breechloader's doings —
Attack on a woman — Religious abasement—Happy sledge-dogs—Vegetation in ..."
3. The Amateur Poacher by Richard Jefferies (1896)
"CHAPTER XII A WINTER NIGHT : OLD TRICKS : PHEASANT-STALKING : MATCHLOCK VERSUS
breechloader I CONCLUSION WHEN the moon is full and nearly at the zenith it ..."
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