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breech⋅load⋅er

[breech-loh-der]
–noun
a firearm loaded at the breech.

Origin:
1855–60; breech + loader
breech·load·er   (brēch'lō'dər)   
n.  A gun or other firearm loaded at the breech.

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).
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