Hypertext Webster Gateway: "breechloader"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breechloader \Breech"load`er\, n.
A firearm which receives its load at the breech.
For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will
supersede the saber. --Rep. Sec.
War (1860).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
breechloader
n : a gun that is loaded at the breech
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