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Chassepot

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escopetnounA kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.
harquebusnounA portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.
harquebussnounAlternative form of harquebus. [An obsolete matchlock firearm.]
snidernounA surname.
coach gunnounA double-barrelled shotgun with very short barrels.
tschinkenoun(firearms) A light wheellock hunting rifle once used for shooting wildfowl.
escopetanounAlternative form of escopet. [A kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.]
birdshotnounSmall lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
poacher's gunnoun(firearms) A small-bore shotgun hidden in a walking cane.
escopettenounAlternative form of escopet. [A kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.]
partridgenoun(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
amusettenounA light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
snaphancenounA spring lock for discharging a firearm.
sauterellenounA type of crossbow for throwing hand grenades or small bombs into enemy trenches, used by the French and British soldiers on the Western Front during World War I.
hookgunnouna harquebus
chasenounThe act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
pistoladenoun(archaic) A gunshot from a pistol.
shotshellnoun(countable) A shotgun cartridge.
vent-piecenoun(firearms) In a breechloading firearm, a vertical sliding block with a conical plug on its front surface to seal the firing chamber and close the breech.
chase portnoun(nautical) A hole cut in the bow of a ship through which a chase gun could fire directly ahead.

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