·adj Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.
·noun A load; cargo; burden. II. Loading ·noun The act of putting a load on or into. III. Loading ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt To whip on the breech. II. Breech ·vt To fasten with breeching. III. Breech ·vt To cover as wi...
·adj Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle. ...
·add. ·- The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gros...
The paterero, or inserting piece in breech-loading. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·see <<Acanthus>>, ·noun, 1. II. Bear's-breech ·noun The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphon...
·add. ·- The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certain special guns, as automatic an...
·- ·Alt. of Breech screw. ...
·- A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bo...
·- A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sig...
A gun, large or small, charged at the breech. The method is a very old one revived, but with such sc...
The notch cut on the base ring of a gun. ...
See cargo and lading. ...
The after-end, next the vent or touch-hole. It is the most massive part of a gun; strictly speaking,...