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BREECHLOADER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does breechloader mean?
• BREECHLOADER (noun)
The noun BREECHLOADER has 1 sense:
1. a gun that is loaded at the breech
Familiarity information: BREECHLOADER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gun that is loaded at the breech
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("breechloader" is a kind of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
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