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

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..

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

Dispart :: Dispart (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.

Shell :: Shell (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms..

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

Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.

Hanselines :: Hanselines (n.) A sort of breeches.

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.

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..

Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

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

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

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..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes..

Breeched :: Breeched (imp. & p. p.) of Breec.

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

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