reloadingn.
/ˌriːˈləʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈloʊdɪŋ/ The action of reload v. (in various senses); an instance of this.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > loading, etc.
charging1569
priming1578
loading1663
reloading1751
capping1847
breech-loading1866
1751 tr. Proposals Prince of Orange 92 Such re-shipping or reloading must be done in the Presence of the Officers.
1822 Regul. & Ord. Army (1844) 51 A Salute that may require the reloading of the guns.
1872 Daily News 1 Aug. The Belgic coal..is perhaps too friable for reloading and despatch by railway.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 750/1 Reloading Tools, for reloading spent capsules of breech-loading fire-arms.
1905 H. H. Asquith in Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 2/3 The recovery of freedom of negotiation, the reloading of the big revolver.
1955 E. Mosbacher tr. H. Lüthy France against Herself i. ii. 22 Tomato boxes from Cavaillon..have..to..undergo five reloadings, from train to barrow and from barrow to lorry, before they get to market.
1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Aug. n41 I clean the back of the camera well during reloading.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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