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Shell :: Shell (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms..

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

Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..

Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].

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..

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

Short :: Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..

Breech Sight :: Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim..

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

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

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

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

Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1..

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..

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

Breeching :: Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breec.

Chassepot :: Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun..

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..

Stock :: Stock (n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings)..

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