{ Breech″ pin′ (�), Breech″ screw′ } (�). A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.