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Webster 1913 Edition
Unbreech
Un-breech′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Unbreeched
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Unbreeching
.] [1st pref.
un-
+ breech
.] 1.
To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
Shak.
2.
(Gun.)
To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.
Pennant.
Definition 2024
unbreech
unbreech
English
Verb
unbreech (third-person singular simple present unbreeches, present participle unbreeching, simple past and past participle unbreeched)
- (transitive) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (military, transitive) To free the breech of (a cannon etc.) from its fastenings or coverings.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pennant to this entry?)