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

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

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

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

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

Codpiece :: Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous..

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.

Lump :: Lump (n.) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

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

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

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

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

Shell :: Shell (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms..

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

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