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Breech \Breech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breeched; p. pr. & vb. n. Breeching.]

1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.

A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay.

2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]

Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak.

3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.

4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.]

Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. --Old Play.

5. To fasten with breeching.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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