(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:14:26

Breech"load`er (?), n.

A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will supersede the saber. Rep. Sec. War (1860).

 

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