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

Tang :: Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock..

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

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

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

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.

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

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.].

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

Vent :: Vent (n.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole..

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

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

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