Breeching Definition

brēchĭng, brĭchĭng
noun
A harness strap around a horse's hindquarters to help in holding back a vehicle on a downgrade.
Webster's New World
The short wool or hair on the rump and hind legs of a sheep, goat, or dog.
American Heritage Medicine
The parts of a gun that make up the breech.
American Heritage
A rope formerly used to secure the breech of a cannon to the side of a ship to control the recoil.
American Heritage

The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.

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Other Word Forms of Breeching

Noun

Singular:
breeching
Plural:
breechings

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