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vent-pieces

vent-pieces is the plural of vent-piece.

Meaning of vent-piece

Noun

vent-piece (plural vent-pieces)

  1. In a breechloading firearm, a vertical sliding block with a conical plug on its front surface to seal the firing chamber and close the breech.

Questions about vent-pieces

What is vent-pieces the plural of?
Vent-pieces is the plural of vent-piece.

Words near vent-pieces in the dictionary

  1. vent stack
  2. vent stacks
  3. vent window
  4. vent windows
  5. vent-piece
  6. vent-pieces
  7. venta
  8. Venta de Baños
  9. ventable
  10. ventage
  11. ventages

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