Breeching - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Breech action

the breech mechanism in breech loading small arms and certain special guns as automatic and

a whipping on the breech or the act of whipping on the breech

receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle

a strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm to close the bottom

a device attached to the breech of a firearm to guide the eye in conjunction with

the movable piece which closes the breech of a breech loading firearm and resists the backward force of the discharge

of the breech of a cannon usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck in old

the mechanism for closing the breech of a breech loading firearm in artillery consisting principally of

first french revolution to the extreme republican party who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy

a mans garment for the hips and thighs breeches see breeches

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