Helen Fenton

Breeching: Definition and part of speech

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Breeching

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Breech
  2. n. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.
  3. n. That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
  4. n. A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship’s side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breechblock: Definition and part of speech

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Breechblock

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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breeches: Definition and part of speech

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Breeches

  1. n. pl. Trousers; pantaloons.
  2. n. pl. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.