breechloading

breechloading [breech-loh-ding] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective loaded at the breech. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of breechloading First recorded in 1855–60; breech + loading Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for breechloading Historical Examples of breechloading

Curiously enough the earliest cannon seem to have been breechloading.

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