chassepot

 [shas-poh; Fr. shas-poh]  

chasse·pot

   [shas-poh; Fr. shas-poh]
noun, plural chasse·pots  [-pohz; Fr. -poh] .
a breechloading rifle, closed with a sliding bolt, introduced into the French army after 1866.
Origin:
1865–70; named after A. A. Chassepot (1833–1905), French mechanic, who invented it
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chassepot (ˈʃæspəʊ, French ʃaspo)
 
—n
a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
 
[C19: named after A. A. Chassepot (1833--1905), French gunsmith who invented it]

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