breech-loading

/ ˈbriːtʃˌləʊdɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a firearm) loaded at the breech

Example Sentences

Conservators for Blackbeard’s ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge found the 16 fragments of paper wedged inside the chamber for a breech-loading cannon, with the largest piece being the size of a quarter.

From Seattle Times

Three of the many kinds of weapons used in the war are particularly important: the minie ball, the breech-loading repeating rifle, and the ironclad ship.

From Literature

He had a beautiful breech-loading shotgun, costing, he suggested, a hundred and twenty dollars.

From Project Gutenberg

It will be, moreover, memorable as being the first encounter in which British troops ever used breech-loading rifles.

From Project Gutenberg

The modern explorer has at his service breech-loading magazine rifles, invaluable geographical and scientific knowledge, and an adequate supply of suitable food and drugs.

From Project Gutenberg