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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Slop :: Slop (v. i.) A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.
Breeching :: Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breec.
Breech Screw :: Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore..
Hausse :: Hausse (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon..
Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.
Hanselines :: Hanselines (n.) A sort of breeches.
Mitrailleuse :: Mitrailleuse (n.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly..
Hose :: Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee..
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..
Gomer :: Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor..
Codpiece :: Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous..
Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech..
Diaper :: Diaper (n.) An infant's breechcloth.
Muzzle-loader :: Muzzle-loader (n.) A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech..
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..
Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle..
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
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