fermeture
English
Noun
fermeture (plural fermetures)
- The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.
French
Etymology
Further reading
- “fermeture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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