BREECHING
\bɹˈiːt͡ʃɪŋ], \bɹˈiːtʃɪŋ], \b_ɹ_ˈiː_tʃ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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of Breech
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That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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of Breech
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That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The harness which passes round the hind part of a horse's body; in gunnery, on board a ship, a strong rope fastened to a cannon and to rings in the ship's side.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald