BREECHBLOCK

Meaning of BREECHBLOCK in English

/breech"blok'/ , n. Ordn.

a movable piece of metal for closing the breech in certain firearms.

Also, breech-block .

[ 1880-85; BREECH + BLOCK ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BREECHBLOCK — noun Date: 1881 the block in breech-loading firearms that closes the rear of the barrel against the force of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BREECHBLOCK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the block in breech-loading firearms that closes the rear of the bore against the force of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREECHBLOCK — (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. …
Английский словарь Webster
BREECHBLOCK — ( n. ) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BREECHBLOCK — n. metal part that closes the rear end of the barrel of a firearm
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BREECHBLOCK — noun Date: 1881 : the block in breech-loading firearms that closes the rear of the barrel against the force of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREECHBLOCK — noun the movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. …
Webster English vocab
BREECHBLOCK — ■ noun a metal block which closes the aperture at the breech of a rifle or gun barrel.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BREECHBLOCK — [breech.block] n (1881): the block in breech-loading firearms that closes the rear of the barrel against the force of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREECHBLOCK — (военное) затвор breechblock воен. затвор
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREECHBLOCK — Затвор
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BREECHBLOCK — n воен. затвор
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREECHBLOCK — (n) затвор
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BREECHBLOCK — n воен. затвор
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BREECHBLOCK — n воен. затвор
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BREECHBLOCK — n. затвор
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BREECHBLOCK — n. затвор
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BREECHBLOCK — (военное) затвор breechblock воен. затвор
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREECHBLOCK — n. Pronunciation: ' br ē ch- ˌ bläk Function: noun Date: 1881 : the block in breech-loading firearms that closes …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BREECHBLOCK — затвор
English-Russian Online Dictionary
TUBE — I. ˈt(y)üb noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Latin tubus; akin to Latin tuba trumpet 1. …
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JACKET — I. ˈjakə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English jaket, from Middle French jaquet, diminutive …
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BLOCK — I. ˈbläk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English blok, from Middle French bloc, from Middle Dutch blok; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUGMAN — ˈpləgmən noun ( plural plugmen ) 1. : the member of a gun crew (as in the United States Navy) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAS PLATE — noun 1. : a hot plate using gas 2. : a steel plate in a gun breech mechanism resting in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREECH PLUG — noun 1. : a plug for closing the breech of a gun : breechblock 2. : a cascabel plug screwed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOLT ACTION — noun Etymology: bolt (I) : a rifle action in which the breechblock takes the form of a manually operated sliding …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLOWBACK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: blow back, v. 1. : an act of blowing back ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATTERY — ˈbad.ərē, -atərē, -a.trē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle French & French batterie, from Old French, beating, from battre …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DECULASSMENT — () An accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun; also, a removal of …
Английский словарь Webster
DECULASSMENT — add. ·- an accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun; also, a removal …
Webster English vocab
BOLT ACTION
Britannica English vocabulary
AUTOMATIC PISTOL
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