Definition of breech

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Breech (v. t.) To whip on the breech.

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Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..
Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..
Breech :: Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber..
Inexpressibles :: Inexpressibles (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers.
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
Hausse :: Hausse (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon..
Breech :: Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches..
Tang :: Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock..
Lump :: Lump (n.) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
Breech :: Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat..
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.
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..
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..
Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.
Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..
Short :: Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.
Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.
Hose :: Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee..
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