Definition of Rear of barrel

1. Noun. Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.

Exact synonyms: Breech, Rear Of Tube
Group relationships: Barrel, Cask
Terms within: Breech Closer, Breechblock
Generic synonyms: Opening

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rear Of Barrel

rear-view mirrors
rear admiral
rear admiral (lower half)
rear admiral (upper half)
rear admiral lower half
rear admiral upper half
rear back
rear double biceps
rear echelon
rear echelons
rear end
rear gunner
rear gunners
rear lamp
rear light
rear of barrel (current term)
rear of tube
rear up
rear window
rear windows
rearchitect
rearchitected
rearchitecting
rearchitects
reard
reards
reared
reared up
rearer
rearers

Literary usage of Rear of barrel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by Committee on Awards, World's Columbian Commission, United States (1901)
"Closed by a block sliding vertically across rear of barrel, operated by a lever below. Percussion cap and nipple. Edge of block sharp to cut off rear of ..."

2. New American Supplement to the New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the (1905)
"One defect of the ordinary revolver has been the considerable and variable escape of gas between the cylinder and rear of barrel. This, in recent inventions ..."

3. The War Department at the Centennial Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888 by United States War Dept (1888)
"Closed by a block sliding vertically across rear of barrel, operated by a lever below. Percussion cap and nipple. Edge of block sharp to cut off rear of ..."

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