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breeched |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Breech \Breech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breeched}; p. pr & vb n. {Breeching}.] 1. To put into or clothe with breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay. 2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak. 3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as to breech a gun. 4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.] Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me --Old Play. 5. To fasten with breeching. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: breeched adj : dressed in trousers [syn: {pantalooned}, {trousered}]
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