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Definition of chassepot in US English: chassepotnoun ˈSHaspōˈSHaspō A type of bolt-action breech-loading rifle used by the French army between 1866 and 1874. Example sentencesExamples - He joins his volunteers and attacks Rome; on 25 October he triumphs in Monterotondo but is defeated in Mentana by modern French chassepots.
- Two thousand chassepots fell into the hands of the people.
- My company had ninety-eight rifles (we had not yet received the chassepots).
- The French had a good breech-loading rifle, the chassepot, also the mitrailleuse, a primitive machine gun, but their muzzle-loading artillery was outclassed by Prussian breech-loaders.
- The Prussians suffered over 4,400 casualties, which, allowing for their superiority in artillery, still demonstrates the effectiveness of the French chassepot.
Origin Named for Antoine A. Chassepot (1833–1905), its French designer. Definition of chassepot in US English: chassepotnounˈSHaspō A type of bolt-action breech-loading rifle used by the French army between 1866 and 1874. Example sentencesExamples - Two thousand chassepots fell into the hands of the people.
- He joins his volunteers and attacks Rome; on 25 October he triumphs in Monterotondo but is defeated in Mentana by modern French chassepots.
- The French had a good breech-loading rifle, the chassepot, also the mitrailleuse, a primitive machine gun, but their muzzle-loading artillery was outclassed by Prussian breech-loaders.
- My company had ninety-eight rifles (we had not yet received the chassepots).
- The Prussians suffered over 4,400 casualties, which, allowing for their superiority in artillery, still demonstrates the effectiveness of the French chassepot.
Origin Named for Antoine A. Chassepot (1833–1905), its French designer. |