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CIDE DICTIONARY
breech pin | breech presentation | breech screw | breech sight | breech-loading | breechblock | breechcloth | breechclout | breeched | breeches | breeches buoy

breechblock

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Noun
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breech=block

CIDE DICTIONARY

breechblockn. 
     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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.  [1913 Webster]

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