Unbreech

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the breeches of. transitive

    "Looking on the lines Of my boy's face, my thoughts I did recoil Twenty-three years; and saw myself unbreech'd"

  2. 2
    To free the breech of (a cannon etc.) from its fastenings or coverings. transitive

    "She was overladen with guns , some were unbreeched , and her port - holes left open"

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"Looking on the lines Of my boy's face, my thoughts I did recoil Twenty-three years; and saw myself unbreech'd"

Etymology

From un- + breech.

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