breechloader

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

breechloader
    n 1: a gun that is loaded at the breech

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Breechloader \Breech"load`er\, n.
   A firearm which receives its load at the breech.
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         For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will
         supersede the saber.                     --Rep. Sec.
                                                  War (1860).
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