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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That sight of a gun which is placed next the breech; the hind sight.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

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