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

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

Inexpressibles :: Inexpressibles (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers.

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..

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

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

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

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

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns..

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

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

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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

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..

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..

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

Chassepot :: Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun..

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation..

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

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

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

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