Breeching - Law Dictionary Search Results

Breech action

The breech mechanism in breech loading small arms and certain special guns

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

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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

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

A fellow without breeches a ragged fellow a name of reproach given in the

A mans garment for the hips and thighs breeches See Breeches

A whipping on the breech or the act of whipping on the breech

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

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