breechloader

See also: breech-loader

English

Alternative forms

• breech-loader

Etymology

From breech +‎ loader.

Noun

breechloader (plural breechloaders)

1. (firearms) A variety of firearm in which the weapon is loaded from the breech (the end opposite that which discharges the projectile).

   Synonym: BL (initialism)

   Coordinate term: muzzleloader

   • 1889 December 21, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, NSW, page 5, column 2:

     General Crook found the Sioux and their allies armed with the best modern breech-loaders, well supplied with ammunition and countless herds of war ponies, and far too numerous and powerful to be handled by the small force at his command.

Related terms

• breechloading

Translations

Translations

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: takaaladattava ase, takaaladattava tykki
• German: Hinterlader (de) m
• Hebrew: נִטְעַן מִכְנָס (he) m (nit'an mikhnas)
• Korean: 후장식총포(後裝式銃砲) (hujangsikchongpo), 후장총포(後裝銃砲) (hujangchongpo)
• Polish: broń odtylcowa f
• Russian: ору́жие, заряжа́ющееся с казённой ча́сти n (orúžije, zarjažájuščejesja s kazjónnoj části), казнозаря́дное ору́жие n (kaznozarjádnoje orúžije), казнозаря́дное ору́дие n (kaznozarjádnoje orúdije), казнозаря́дник m (kaznozarjádnik)
• Swedish: bakladdare c