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

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..

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

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

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

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

Unmentionables :: Unmentionables (n. pl.) The breeches; trousers.

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.

Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1..

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..

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

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

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.

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

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.

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

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

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech..

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