BREECH
\bɹˈiːt͡ʃ], \bɹˈiːtʃ], \b_ɹ_ˈiː_tʃ]\
Definitions of BREECH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
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The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
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The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
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To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
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To cover as with breeches.
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To whip on the breech.
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To fasten with breeching.
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The buttocks.
By Oddity Software
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The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
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The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
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The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
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To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
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To cover as with breeches.
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To whip on the breech.
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To fasten with breeching.
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The buttocks.
By Noah Webster.
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The hinder part of anything; the part of a cannon or other firearm behind the part which contains the powder.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
