Definition of breech

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

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Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.
Inexpressibles :: Inexpressibles (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers.
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun..
Breech Pin :: Breech pin () Alt. of Breech scre.
Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.
Hausse :: Hausse (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon..
Lump :: Lump (n.) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
Chassepot :: Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun..
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.
Diaper :: Diaper (n.) An infant's breechcloth.
Knickerbockers :: Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
Stock :: Stock (n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings)..
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.
Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings..
Brankursine :: Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus..
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.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle..
Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.
Spank :: Spank (v. t.) To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap..
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