chassepot

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English

Etymology

Surname of the French inventor, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot.

Noun

chassepot (plural chassepots)

  1. (military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

chassepot m (plural chassepots)

  1. a breechloading, rapid-fire, long-range rifle used in the French army from 1866 to 1874

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