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Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

Gomer :: Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor..

Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.

Sans-culotte :: Sans-culotte (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons..

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.

Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..

Breech-loading :: Breech-loading (a.) Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.

Hanselines :: Hanselines (n.) A sort of breeches.

Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.

Mitrailleuse :: Mitrailleuse (n.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly..

Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..

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