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Inexpressibles :: Inexpressibles (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers.

Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.

Stock :: Stock (n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings)..

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..

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..

Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

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..

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..

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

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

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

Unbreeched :: Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreec.

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

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..

Breeched :: Breeched (imp. & p. p.) of Breec.

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 (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.

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

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

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