Breech - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: breechBreech action
The breech mechanism in breech loading small arms and certain special guns as automatic and machine guns used frequently in referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech loading shotguns are locked unlocked or rotated to loading position...
Breeching
A whipping on the breech or the act of whipping on the breech...
Breech loading
Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle...
Breech pin
A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm to close the bottom of the bore...
Breech sight
A device attached to the breech of a firearm to guide the eye in conjunction with the front sight in taking aim...
Breechblock
The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech loading firearm and resists the backward force of the discharge It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge and closed again before the gun is fired...
Cascabel
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...
Fermeture
The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech loading firearm in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock obturator and carrier ring...
VerbarSans culotte
A fellow without breeches a ragged fellow a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy and adopted pantaloons...
Smallclothes
A mans garment for the hips and thighs breeches See Breeches...
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