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- 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.
- 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.]
- Saddle - n. - A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
- Clinch - n. - A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.