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Webster 1913 Edition

Chassepot

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Chasseˊpot′

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Noun.
[From the French inventor, A. A.
Chassepot
.]
(Mil.)
A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.

Definition 2024

chassepot

chassepot

English

Noun

chassepot ‎(plural chassepots)

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

French

Noun

chassepot m ‎(plural chassepots)

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

Etymology

Surname of the French inventor.

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