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Tang :: Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock..

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

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

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

Spank :: Spank (v. t.) To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap..

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..

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..

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

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

Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon..

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

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

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

Brankursine :: Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus..

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..

Sans-culotte :: Sans-culotte (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons..

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

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

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

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

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