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Mitrailleuse :: Mitrailleuse (n.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly..

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech..

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun..

Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..

Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.

Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

Breech-loading :: Breech-loading (a.) Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

Unbreeched :: Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreec.

Muzzle-loader :: Muzzle-loader (n.) A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech..

Diaper :: Diaper (n.) An infant's breechcloth.

Krupp Gun :: Krupp gun () A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid..

Unmentionables :: Unmentionables (n. pl.) The breeches; trousers.

Breeched :: Breeched (imp. & p. p.) of Breec.

Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle..

Breech :: Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat..

Breech Screw :: Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore..

Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon..

Breech Pin :: Breech pin () Alt. of Breech scre.

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