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Definition of Breechings
1. breeching [n] - See also: breeching
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breechings
Literary usage of Breechings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1859)
"Let us now inspect the breechings, before we go on to copper primers. • Copper-
Cap Breeching. Copper- Primer Breeching. Outside View of a Copper-Primer ..."
2. Audels Engineers and Mechanics Guideby Frank Duncan Graham by Frank Duncan Graham (1921)
"Smoke Connections and breechings.—Smoke connections for boilers 48 inches in
diameter and under should be made of 14 and for larger boilers, of No. ..."
3. Steam Boilers (care and Operation) a Practical Guide to the Care and by American Technical Society (1920)
"Do not build breechings out of brick. 10. Line steel breechings with an acid-resisting
material which also resists heat transmission. 11. ..."
4. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"... be not lowered by a turn, but that the men on the fall "walk back" with a
steady step. 2O5.—FITTING SHACKLE-breechings. If it be required to fit the ..."
5. Annals of the Road, Or, Notes on Mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britain by Harold Esdaile Malet, Nimrod (1876)
"... to it to prevent him ; for when he does so, he is dangerous, as no coachman
can hold him. POLING-UP AND breechings. The most dangerous horse of any in a ..."
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