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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Breech \Breech\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Breeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breeching}.]
1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay.
2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]
Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak.
3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.]
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.
5. To fasten with breeching.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
breeched \breeched\ (br[=e]cht), adjective dressed in trousers.
Syn: pantalooned, trousered. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
breeched
adjective: dressed in trousers [syn: {pantalooned}, {trousered}]
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