Word Meanings - BREECHACTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certain special guns, as automatic and machine guns; --used frequently in referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech- loading shotguns are locked, unlocked, or rotated to loading position.
- Methodization
The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized. - Rotate
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one. - Smally
In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. - BREECHLOADING
Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle. - Certain
Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. - Locking
of Lock - Lockup
A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse. - Lock-weir
A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber. - Methodized
of Methodize - Rotated
of Rotate - Special
Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort. - BREECHPINBREECHSCREW
A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore. - Certainly
Without doubt or question; unquestionably. - Lockage
Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks. - Methodizing
of Methodize - Rotating
of Rotate - Specialism
Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism. - BREECHSIGHT
A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim. - Automatic
Alt. of Automatical
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