fermeture
English
Noun
fermeture (plural fermetures)
- The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.
French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin firmatura (fermer + -ure)
Noun
fermeture f (plural fermetures)
Further reading
- “fermeture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.