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breeching

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BREECHING

ppr. brich'ing. Furnishing with breeches, or with a breech. [See Britch. ] 1. Whipping the breech; and as a noun, a whipping.

BREECHING

in gunnery on board of ships. [Bee Britching. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BREECHING

BREECHING Breech "ing, n.

1. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe.

2. That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.

3. (Naut. )

Defn: 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.

4. The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.

New American Oxford Dictionary

breeching

breech ing |ˈbrēCHiNG britʃɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a strong leather strap passing around the hindquarters of a horse harnessed to a vehicle. 2 historical a thick rope used to secure the carriage of a cannon on a ship and to absorb the force of the recoil. 3 the hair or wool on the hindquarters of an animal.

Oxford Dictionary

breeching

breech |ing |ˈbriːtʃɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a strong leather strap passing round the hindquarters of a horse harnessed to a vehicle and enabling the horse to push backwards. 2 historical a thick rope used to secure the carriages of cannon on a ship and to absorb the force of the recoil. 3 the hair or wool on the hindquarters of an animal.