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chassepot

(s̸has pō′)

noun

a breech-loading rifle used by the French army between 1866 and 1874

Origin: after A. A. Chassepot (1833-1905), Fr inventor

See chassepot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A breechloading rifle introduced into the French army in 1866.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , after Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833-1905), French gunsmith

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