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Breechblock
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Breechblock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/breechblock.html. 1828.