Etymology

fermeture

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Today it means: The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring. Full definition →

French fermeture
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  1. French · borrowed fromfermeture
  2. French · borrowed fromfermeture
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Borrowed from French fermeture.

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