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Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.

Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..

Breech :: Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat..

Hausse :: Hausse (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon..

Vent :: Vent (n.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole..

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

Unbreeched :: Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreec.

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..

Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon..

Short :: Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.

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

Chassepot :: Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun..

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..

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)..

Hose :: Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee..

Breech :: Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

Slop :: Slop (v. i.) A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.

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

Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..

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

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