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Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings..

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes..

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..

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To whip on the breech.

Dispart :: Dispart (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

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

Spank :: Spank (v. t.) To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap..

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

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

Smallclothes :: Smallclothes (n. pl.) A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.

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

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

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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Galligaskins :: Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

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

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns..

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..

Breeching :: Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breec.

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

Breeched :: Breeched (imp. & p. p.) of Breec.

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