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Princeton's WordNet

  1. breech-loadingadjective

    (of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech

Wiktionary

  1. breech-loadingadjective

    Such that ammunition is loaded at the rear of the bore.

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  1. breech-loading

    Breech-loading refers to a firearm in which the ammunition is loaded into a chamber or barrel at the rear (breech) side, instead of the front or muzzle. This system allows for quicker reloading and firing, compared to muzzle-loading firearms. It's a feature found in most modern rifles, shotguns, and handguns.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Breech-loadingadjective

    receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. breech-loading

    Receiving the charge at the breech instead of the muzzle. A feature of modern small-arms. The principle, however, is very old, as some of the earliest guns were breech-loaders. A gun of the time of Henry VIII. still extant is substantially the same as the modern Snider. Puckle’s revolver of 1718 was mounted on a tripod, and was very much like the Gatling gun in its general features. The first American patent was to Thornton & Hall, of Massachusetts, 1811. These guns were extensively issued to U. S. troops. There is a specimen in the West Point Museum. Prior to 1861 the best known breech-loading small-arms were Sharps’, Burnside’s, Maynard’s, Merrill’s, and Spencer’s. See Small-arms.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of breech-loading in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of breech-loading in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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