chassepots - 2 dictionary results
chasse⋅pot
[shas-poh; Fr. shas-poh] 
–noun, plural -pots [-pohz; Fr. -poh] .
[-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
1865–70; named after A. A. Chassepot (1833–1905), French mechanic, who invented it
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| chasse·pot (shās'pō') n. A breechloading rifle introduced into the French army in 1866. [French, after Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833-1905), French gunsmith.] |
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