See Also: breeching(dictionary)

breeching (iou)



breeching noun. E16.
[from BREECH noun, verb + -ING1.]
A strong leather strap passing round the hindquarters of a shaft-horse, enabling the horse to push backwards. E16.
A flogging. E16-E17.
Nautical. A thick rope used to secure the carriages of cannon etc. and to absorb the force of the recoil. E17.
= breech action s.v. BREECH noun. E19.
Comb.: breeching-boy, breeching scholar a young scholar still subject to the birch.