chassepotn.
The type of breech-loading, centre-fire needle-gun adopted as the rifle of the French army in 1866.
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1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 13 He lies with his shoulder shattered by a chassepot.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lx A brigade of French infantry armed with chassepots.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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