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

Knickerbockers :: Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

Breech Sight :: Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim..

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

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

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..

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..

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

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation..

Diaper :: Diaper (n.) An infant's breechcloth.

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

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)..

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

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

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

Brankursine :: Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus..

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

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

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

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