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chasse·pot (sh

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A breechloading rifle introduced into the French army in 1866.

[French, after Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833-1905), French gunsmith.]

chassepot [ˈʃæspəʊ (French) ʃaspo]

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army

[named after A. A. Chassepot (1833-1905), French gunsmith who invented it]

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