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chasse•pot
Pronunciation: (shas'pō; Fr. shas-pō'), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -potsPronunciation: (-pōz; Fr. -pō'). [key]
a breechloading rifle, closed with a sliding bolt, introduced into the French army after 1866.
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