Fermeture

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fermeture \Fer"me*ture\, n. [F., fr. fermer to close.] (Mil.)
     The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading
     firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the
     breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]