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Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

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

Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1..

Krupp Gun :: Krupp gun () A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid..

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

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..

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

Mitrailleuse :: Mitrailleuse (n.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly..

Knickerbockers :: Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

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

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.

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..

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

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.

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

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

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..

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..

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

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