What does breech closer mean?

breech closer means "a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing".

What is another word for breech closer?

Close synonyms include breechblock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is breech closer a common word?

breech closer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

breech closer — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
Synonymsbreechblock
Broaderblockage
Part ofbreech

Questions about breech closer

What does breech closer mean?: breech closer means "a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing".
What is another word for breech closer?: Close synonyms include breechblock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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