Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A firearm that is loaded at the muzzle.
Wiktionary
- n. A variety of firearm in which the weapon is loaded from the end that discharges the projectile (the muzzle).
Etymologies
- from muzzle + load + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“When I was 19 I purchased a Mossberg 500 16 ga. and a T/C Renegade muzzleloader from a guy I knew getting divorced.”
How did ya'll get your first gun? Was it a gift, a trade, or did you just buy it yourself?
“A muzzleloader is better but a 12 gauge is to heavy and cant compete ballistically with a 20 gauge.”
“But I guess the definition of what a muzzleloader is depends on what the definition of "is" is.”
“If you ever build a muzzleloader from a kit, don't blue the nipple.”
“My muzzleloader is way less primitive than my Winchester 94 30-30.”
“But they even say a muzzleloader is considered unloaded for transport if the battery is removed.”
Electrifying Muzzleloaders: CVA's New Electronic Ignition System
“A muzzleloader is the only type of rifle I can buy and walk out with.”
Electrifying Muzzleloaders: CVA's New Electronic Ignition System
“Yes | No | Report from william anderson wrote 3 years 4 weeks ago traditional? not!! the people who use an electronic ignition system on their muzzleloader are the same who, probaly, support deer darting competions. this is ridulous!! why even have a "traditional" season, if one is allowed to use this kind of modern technology?? in my opinion, this is going to far.”
Electrifying Muzzleloaders: CVA's New Electronic Ignition System
“So is it a "muzzleloader" or does it come with shells?”
“The credit card-sized shotgun is a muzzleloader, meaning it doesn't use shotgun shells.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘muzzleloader’.
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SEDE - technology+material+support
storage, smokeless, sensor, sandbag, resources, repeating, receiver, pellet, logistics, marker, interceptor, locator and 302 more...
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SEDE - weapons
bazooka, ammunition, anti-aircraft mac..., anti-vehicle mine, automatic machine..., ballistic missile..., biological weapons, booby trap, bunker-busting bomb, chemical weapons, cluster bomb, light battleship and 218 more...
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WF - retronyms
Once new generation technologies make the original products obsolete, the latter soon need an adjective in front...
For the most part ADJ+NOUN collocations where the ADJ refers to a pr...analog clock, analog synthesizer, analog watch, analog recording, conventional oven, conventional weapon, conventional airp..., conventional land..., conventional memory, conventional war, iPod classic, traditional Chine... and 197 more...
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