前ぜん装そう

noun

muzzle loading

Technical term used in firearms contexts to describe loading from the muzzle end of the barrel.

• 前ぜん装そう式しきの銃じゅうは、火か薬やくと弾たまを銃じゅう口こうから込こめる。

  In a muzzle-loading gun, the powder and bullet are loaded from the muzzle.