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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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Codpiece :: Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous..

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

Lump :: Lump (n.) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

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

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle..

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

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded 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..

Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings..

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

Smallclothes :: Smallclothes (n. pl.) A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.

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

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