Usually means: Mechanism sealing firearm barrel's rear.
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  1. breechblock: Merriam-Webster
  2. breechblock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. breechblock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. breechblock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. breechblock: Vocabulary.com
  6. breechblock: Wordnik
  7. breechblock: Wiktionary
  8. breechblock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. breechblock: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Breechblock, breechblock: Dictionary.com
  11. Breechblock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Breechblock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. breechblock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. breechblock: Rhymezone
  15. Breechblock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. breechblock: FreeDictionary.org
  17. breechblock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. breechblock: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (breechblock)

▸ noun:  (firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.

Similar:
breech closer, fermeture, breech, breechclout, lockplate, breechen, bridle, buttplate, block, top-block, more...

Opposite:
muzzle, fore-end, barrel

Types:
falling block, rolling block, side-by-side, over-and-under, pump action, lever action, bolt action, more...

Adjectives:
vertical, movable, hinged, heavy, cylindrical, removable

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Similar:
breech closer, fermeture, breech, breechclout, lockplate, breechen, bridle, buttplate, block, top-block, more...

Opposite:
muzzle, fore-end, barrel

Types:
falling block, rolling block, side-by-side, over-and-under, pump action, lever action, bolt action, more...

Adjectives:
vertical, movable, hinged, heavy, cylindrical, removable



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