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breech-loading definition

breech·-loading (-lōd′iŋ)

adjective

loading at the breech instead of the muzzle, as many guns
also breechloading breech′·load′·ing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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