Peabody action (English, noun)
expansion: Peabody action (plural Peabody actions)
Senses:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: An early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: Peabody actions
tags: plural