Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1..

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

Breech :: Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

Breech :: Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber..

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

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

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.

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.

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

Breech Pin :: Breech pin () Alt. of Breech scre.

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..

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..

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

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) 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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..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 :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

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

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

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.

Breeching :: Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breec.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Unbreeched :: Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreec.

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