Definition of breech

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Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.

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Brankursine :: Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus..
Knickerbockers :: Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.
Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..
Breech :: Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber..
Unbreeched :: Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreec.
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..
Breech :: Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
Hanselines :: Hanselines (n.) A sort of breeches.
Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings..
Breech :: Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..
Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun..
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..
Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..
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..
Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium.
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