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

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

Hanselines :: Hanselines (n.) A sort of breeches.

Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

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

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..

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

Breech Pin :: Breech pin () Alt. of Breech scre.

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

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

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun..

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

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches..

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades..

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

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

Tang :: Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock..

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..

Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle..

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

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