recoil cylinder

recoil cylinder
noun
: a fixed cylinder into which a piston attached to a gun that is to be fired is forced by the recoil of the gun on firing and which is so designed (as by the use of a hydraulic system or pneumatic system) as to lessen or altogether check the recoil or counterrecoil of the gun

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recoil cylinder,
a cylinder with a piston and piston rod that are forced through the length of the cylinder when a gun recoils.

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