breeching

breeching has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• p. pr. & vb. n.. of Breech
• n.. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.
• n.. That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
• 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.
• n.. The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.