chassepot

== English == === Etymology === Surname of the French inventor, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot. === Noun === chassepot (plural chassepots) (military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃas.po/ === Noun === chassepot m (plural chassepots) a breechloading, rapid-fire, long-range rifle used in the French army from 1866 to 1874 === Further reading === “chassepot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012