Vocabulary : Breech pin to Breech-loading

Breech pin : Alt. of Breech screw
Breech screw : A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
Breech sight : A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.
Breechblock : The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.
Breechcloth : A cloth worn around the breech.

Breeched : of Breech
Breeches : A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. ;; Trousers; pantaloons.
Breeching : of Breech ;; A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. ;; That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle. ;; A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged. ;; The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
Breechloader : A firearm which receives its load at the breech.
Breech-loading : Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

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