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chassepot

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chasse·pot  (shsp)
n.
A breechloading rifle introduced into the French army in 1866.
[French, after Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833-1905), French gunsmith.]
chassepot [ˈʃæspəʊ (French) ʃaspo]
n
(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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There appeared now to be a constant danger of marrying the American girl; it was something one had to reckon with, like the railway, the telegraph, the discovery of dynamite, the Chassepot rifle, the Socialistic spirit: it was one of the complications of modern life.
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