What does "breeching" mean?
Breeching: That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
Additional senses
- 2.(Naut.) 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.
- 3.The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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