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

Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..

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

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

Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium.

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

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..

Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].

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

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

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..

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

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation..

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

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

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

Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle..

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

Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..

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