breech

A noun referring to the opening at the rear of a gun barrel where ammunition is loaded.

• 🇩🇪Hinterer Teil des Laufs einer Feuerwaffe, in den die Munition geladen wird; auch der Verschluss bzw. das Verschlussstück.

1. Rear part of a gun barrel C1 formal

   The opening at the back end of a firearm's barrel where ammunition is loaded.

   • The soldier opened the breech to load the next round.
   • A breech-loading weapon allows faster reloading than a muzzleloader.
   • The gun's breech mechanism jammed during the test.

   🇩🇪Verschluss

   Antonyme: muzzle

• breeches plural form
• breeches' possessive plural form
• breech's possessive singular form