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breech⋅block

  [breech-blok]
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–noun Ordnance.
a movable piece of metal for closing the breech in certain firearms.
Also, breech-block.

Origin:
1880–85; breech + block
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breech·block   (brēch'blŏk')   
n.  The metal part that closes the breech end of the barrel of a breechloading gun and that is removed to insert a cartridge and replaced before firing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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