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- Breech - n. - The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
- Breech - n. - Breeches.
- Breech - n. - The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
- Breech - n. - The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
- Breech - v. t. - To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
- Breech - v. t. - To cover as with breeches.
- Breech - v. t. - To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
- Breech - v. t. - To whip on the breech.
- Breech - v. t. - To fasten with breeching.
- Breech pin - - Alt. of 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.
- Breech sight - - A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.
- Breech-loading - a. - Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.
- Breechblock - 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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.
- Breechcloth - n. - A cloth worn around the breech.
- Breeched - imp. & p. p. - of Breech
- Breeches - n. pl. - A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
- Breeches - n. pl. - Trousers; pantaloons.
- Breeching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Breech
- Breeching - n. - A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.
- Breeching - n. - That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
- Breeching - 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.
- Breeching - n. - The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
- Breechloader - n. - A firearm which receives its load at the breech.
- Bolster - n. - A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
- Tang - n. - The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- Breeching - n. - That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
- Vent - n. - The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
- Lump - n. - A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- Breech - v. t. - To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
- 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.
- Reenforce - v. - That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon.
- Breech-loading - a. - Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.
- Unbreech - v. t. - To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.
- Sight - v. t. - A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
- Gomer - n. - A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.
- Breech sight - - A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.
- 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.]
- Dispart - n. - The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
- Action - n. - Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
- Breech pin - - Alt. of Breech screw
- Quoin - n. - To support the breech of a cannon.
- 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.
- Trail - v. t. - To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
- Hausse - n. - A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.
- Breechblock - 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.
- Cylinder - n. - The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.
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- Exodus 2 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
מִצְנֶפֶת שֵׁשׁ פְּאֵר מִגְבָּעָה שֵׁשׁ בַּד מִכְנָס שָׁזַר שֵׁשׁ - Ezekiel 26 44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
פִּשְׁתֶּה פְּאֵר רֹאשׁ פִּשְׁתֶּה מִכְנָס מֹתֶן חָגַר יֶזַע - Leviticus 3 16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
לָבַשׁ קֹדֶשׁ בַּד כְּתֹנֶת בַּד מִכְנָס בָּשָׂר חָגַר בַּד אַבְנֵט בַּד מִצְנֶפֶת צָנַף הֵם קֹדֶשׁ בֶּגֶד רָחַץ בָּשָׂר מַיִם לָבַשׁ - Exodus 2 28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
עָשָׂה בַּד מִכְנָס כָּסָה עֶרְוָה בָּשָׂר מֹתֶן יָרֵךְ - Leviticus 3 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
כֹּהֵן לָבַשׁ בַּד מַד בַּד מִכְנָס לָבַשׁ בָּשָׂר רוּם דֶּשֶׁן אֵשׁ אָכַל עֹלָה מִזְבֵּחַ שׂוּם אֵצֶל מִזְבֵּחַ