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noun, plural chasse·pots [shas-pohz; French shas-poh] /ˈʃæs poʊz; French ʃasˈpoʊ/.
- a breechloading rifle, closed with a sliding bolt, introduced into the French army after 1866.
noun
- a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
bolt-action breechloading rifle used by French forces in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870, named for French inventor Antonine-Alphonse Chassepot (1833-1905).