Definition of Rear of tube

1. Noun. Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.

Exact synonyms: Breech, Rear Of Barrel
Group relationships: Barrel, Cask
Terms within: Breech Closer, Breechblock
Generic synonyms: Opening

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rear Of Tube

rear admiral
rear admiral (lower half)
rear admiral (upper half)
rear admiral lower half
rear admiral upper half
rear back
rear double biceps
rear echelon
rear echelons
rear end
rear gunner
rear gunners
rear lamp
rear light
rear of barrel
rear of tube (current term)
rear up
rear window
rear windows
rearchitect
rearchitected
rearchitecting
rearchitects
reard
reards
reared
reared up
rearer
rearers
rearguard

Literary usage of Rear of tube

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

1. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1902)
"... upon the tube from the forward end of the jacket to the muzzle ; the jacket, 304.65 in. long, shrunk upon rear of tube, and overhanging the latter by ..."

2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1902)
"... 304.65 in. long, shrunk upon rear of tube, and overhanging the latter by 24.4 in. to form the breech-recess; the D-lwop, 144.5 m- l°ng> encircling ..."

3. Machine Design by William Ledyard Cathcart (1903)
"... the jacket, 304.65 in. long, shrunk upon rear of tube, and overhanging the latter by 24.4 in. to form the breech-recess; the D-hoop, 144.5 m- long, ..."

4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1882)
"S Length if jacket in rear of tube do....' 25.5 Total length of bore of casing do : Ш. 2 Thickness at bottom of ..."

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