Definitions for breeching

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breeching breech·ing

Spelling: [brich-ing, bree-ching]

IPA: /ˈbrɪtʃ ɪŋ, ˈbri tʃɪŋ/

Breeching is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in breeching (bceeghinr).

Definitions for breeching

noun

1. the part of a harness that passes around the haunches of a horse.
2. a smoke pipe connecting one or more boilers with a chimney.
3. Navy. (formerly) a strong rope fastened to a ship's side for securing a gun or checking its recoil.
4. the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks.
5. the hinder or lower part of anything.
6. Ordnance. the rear part of the bore of a gun, especially the opening and associated mechanism that permits insertion of a projectile.
7. Machinery. the end of a block or pulley farthest from the supporting hook or eye.
8. Nautical. the outside angle of a knee in the frame of a ship.

verb (used with object)

1. Ordnance. to fit or furnish (a gun) with a breech.
2. to clothe with breeches.

Origin of breeching

First recorded in 1505-15; breech + -ing¹

Examples for breeching

A crupper under his tail, or a thong as a breeching may be used.

This first breeching is an event that papa desires and mamma dreads.

We had made shoulder straps, hip straps, breast straps and breeching as the correct idea for a harness.

Then both cinches should be tightened, and the breeching and breast straps properly adjusted.

He spoke to no one, but examined the harness critically, and put some curt question to Carpenter about the breeching.

A breeching and a couple of tackles, if the guns should be fired on skids.

With a breeching, the piece may be fired as if on an ordinary carriage.

They are most common under the saddle, but may be found under collar or breeching as well.

He wants the whip; ought to have had it regularly from his first breeching.

She also wears a breeching, in which respect she frequently has the advantage of her escort.