breech

How To Use breech In A Sentence

• The extractors eject the cartridge case and retain the breechblock in the fully open position.
• Stripping off her leather breeches and boots, and her tunic, Isabella slid into the sudsy, herbal scented water of the tub, submersing her body up to her chin.
• He was dressed in a worn tricorn, a dark homespun coat, knee-length breeches, dark stocking, and heavy brogue shoes.
• Lowering the operating lever dropped the breechblock and extracted the spent cartridge.
• The sudden compression of air as the rammer thrust with the fleece could explode the residues of unburnt powder that was caked to the breech walls, so a gunner, wearing a leather thumbstall, pressed his thumb over the vent to stop the airflow. Sharpe's Waterloo
• She was wearing only dark green breeches, belted around her waist and fastened just above the knees by gold clasps.
• He had thrust the wet moccasins down the neck of his shirt, and icy trickles ran down chest and belly, soaking his breechclout. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
• The French had a good breech-loading rifle, the chassepot, also the mitrailleuse, a primitive machine gun, but their muzzle-loading artillery was outclassed by Prussian breech-loaders.
• In addition to new breechblocks and hammers, the older extractor was replaced with a newer design.
• They had a habit for wearing breeches under their dresses for such little rides like these.