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nounopening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
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- bolt a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- britches (used in the plural) informal term for breeches
- codpiece (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
- buckskins (used in the plural) breeches made of buckskin
- matchlock an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
- breechblock a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
- breechloader a gun that is loaded at the breech
- breeches buoy a life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support; used to transfer people from a ship
- breech closer a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
- breech-loading (of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech