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

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

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

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

Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

Codpiece :: Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous..

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

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

Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.

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

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

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

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..

Hose :: Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee..

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

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

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

Short :: Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.

Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades..

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