chassepot

English

Etymology

Surname of the French inventor, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot.

Noun

chassepot (plural chassepots)

1. (military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃas.po/

Noun

chassepot m (plural chassepots)

1. a breechloading, rapid-fire, long-range rifle used in the French army from 1866 to 1874

Further reading

• “chassepot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.