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

Muzzle-loader :: Muzzle-loader (n.) A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech..

Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

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

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

Hose :: Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee..

Breech-loading :: Breech-loading (a.) Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

Corduroy :: Corduroy (n.) Trousers or breeches of corduroy.

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

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

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.

Galligaskins :: Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

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 cover as with breeches.

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

Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..

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

Hausse :: Hausse (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon..

Diaper :: Diaper (n.) An infant's breechcloth.

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades..

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