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Webster 1913 Edition
Breeching
Breech′ing
,Noun.
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
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.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Breeching
BREECHING
,ppr.
1.
Whipping the breech; and as a noun, a whipping.BREECHING
, in gunnery on board of ships. [Bee Britching.]Definition 2024
breeching
breeching
English
Noun
breeching (plural breechings)
- The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
- (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
- (equestrian) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.