Breeched

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Breech \Breech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breeched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Breeching}.]
     1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
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              A great man . . . anxious to know whether the


              blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay.
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     2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]
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              Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak.
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     3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
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     4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.]
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              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.
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     5. To fasten with breeching.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  breeched \breeched\ (br[=e]cht), adj.
     dressed in trousers.
  
     Syn: pantalooned, trousered.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  breeched
       adj : dressed in trousers [syn: {pantalooned}, {trousered}]