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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..

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

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

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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.].

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Breech :: Breech (n.) Breeches.

Knickerbockers :: Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

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