breechloading

[ breech-loh-ding ]

/ ˈbritʃˌloʊ dɪŋ /

loaded at the breech.

Origin of breechloading

First recorded in 1855–60; breech + loading

Amidships was the “secondary” armament of six 6-inch breech-loading guns.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves |W.H.G. Kingston
Now that breech-loading and slow powders have been introduced, these conditions have been changed.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 |Various
Chassepot, a French breech-loading rifle named from the inventor.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood
They are splendid shots, and are almost all armed with breech-loading rifles, Sniders and Martinis.

Through Three Campaigns |G. A. Henty

Blunderbuss muzzle, shells, yet no breech-loading; ramrods to shove in shells!

The Buttoned Sky |Geoff St. Reynard

breech-loading

/ (ˈbriːtʃˌləʊdɪŋ) /

(of a firearm) loaded at the breech