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Breech [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. brich. [ See Breach and Break .] The lower part of the body behind.

2. Breeches; but rarely used in the singular.

3. The hinder part of any thing.

Breech [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To put into breeches.

2. To whip on the breech

3. See Britch.

Breech [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

2. Breeches.

3. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.

4. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

Breech [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.

2. To cover as with breeches.

3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.

4. To whip on the breech.

5. To fasten with breeching.

Breech pin Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Breech screw

Breech screw Webster's Dictionary 1913

A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.

Breech sight Webster's Dictionary 1913

A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

Breech-loading [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

Breechblock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

Breechcloth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A cloth worn around the breech.

Breeched [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Breeches [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. plural brich'es. [Low Latin braccoe.]

2. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs. It is now a close garment; but the word formerly was used for a loose garment, now called trowsers, laxoe braccoe.

3. To wear the breeches is, in the wife, to usurp the authority of the husband.

Breeches [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

2. Trousers; pantaloons.

Breeching [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. brich'ing. Furnishing with breeches, or with a breech. [ See Britch .]

2. Whipping the breech; and as a noun, a whipping.

3. BREECHING , in gunnery on board of ships. [Bee Britching.]

Breeching [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.

2. That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.

3. 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.

4. The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.

Breeching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Breechloader [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A firearm which receives its load at the breech.