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breeching

 
Dictionary: breech·ing   (brē'chĭng, brĭch'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. The strap of a harness that passes behind a draft animal's haunches.
  2. The short wool or hair on the rump and hind legs of a sheep, goat, or dog.
  3. The parts of a gun that make up the breech.
  4. A rope formerly used to secure the breech of a cannon to the side of a ship to control the recoil.

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US Military Dictionary: breeching
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n. a thick rope used to secure the carriages of cannon on a ship and to absorb the force of the recoil.

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Architecture: breeching
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1. The duct or pipe connecting the exhaust-gas discharge from a boiler furnace, or other fuel-burning equipment, to a stack.
2. A breeching fitting.


Veterinary Dictionary: breeching
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1. part of a set of cart harness. A broad strap running horizontally across the backs of the thighs and attached in front to the shafts. Essential in the backing of the vehicle.
2. The longer hair at the caudal thighs of dogs.

Translations: Breeches
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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - knæbukser, ridebukser

Français (French)
n. pl. - culotte (de cheval) (npl), haut-de-chausses (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Kniebundhose, Hose

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - βράκα, κυλόττα

Italiano (Italian)
brache

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - calças (f pl) curtas

Русский (Russian)
бриджи

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - pantalón a media pierna, bombachos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - knäbyxor, byxor

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
马裤, 裤子

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 馬褲, 褲子

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 짧은 바지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 乗馬用のズボン, ズボン, 半ズボン

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮מכנסיים‬


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
US Military Dictionary. The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Architecture. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
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