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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

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..

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

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..

Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

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

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

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches..

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

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

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..

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