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Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.

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..

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

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

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

Galligaskins :: Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

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

Brankursine :: Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus..

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

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

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..

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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

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

Gomer :: Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor..

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.

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

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

Corduroy :: Corduroy (n.) Trousers or breeches of corduroy.

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

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