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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.

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

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

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

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

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..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

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..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

Short :: Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.

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

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

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