Surname of the French inventor, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot.
chassepot (plural chassepots)
(military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
Source: Wiktionary
Chasse`pot", n. Etym: [From the French inventor, A. A. Chassepot.] (Mil.)
Definition: A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 June 2024
(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; āconvulsive motionsā; āhis body made a spasmodic jerkā; āspastic movementsā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
