Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
tl suhi (Born, or having been born, breech)
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
He reached into his breech pockets. They were huge, but well-tailored and disguised properly within the folds of the pants.2015, David Nabhan, The Pilots of Borealis, London: Gollancz, published 2020, →ISBN:
The typical American combat soldier in World War I wore an olive-drab tunic, stiff at the neck, breech-style trousers, and combat shoes with canvas leggings or, preferably, wrappings.2009, John C[oyne] McManus, American Courage, American Carnage: 7th Infantry Chronicles: The 7th Infantry Regiment’s Combat Experience, 1812 Through World War II, New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN, pages 244–245:
The stallion lipped Alanna’s breech pockets. “He’s spoiled rotten.” Fishing a lump of sugar out, she fed it to him.1992, Tamora Pierce, Wild Magic, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 57:
'Lat be,' quod he, ‘it shal nat be, so theech! Thou woldest make me kisse thyn old breech, And swere it were a relik of a seint,late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner's Tale, The Canterbury Tales
"Oho!" says Thwackum, "you will not! then I will have it out of your br—h;" that being the place to which he always applied for information on every doubtful occasion.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book III:
When pamper'd Cupids, bestly Veni's, / And motly, squinting Harvequini's, / Shall lick no more their Lady's Br—, / But die of Looseness, Claps, or Itch; / Fair Thames from either ecchoing Shoare / Shall hear, and dread my manly Roar.1736, Alexander Pope, Bounce to Fop:
And he made a woman for playing the whore, sit upon a great stone, on her bare breech twenty-foure houres, onely with corne and water, every three dayes, till nine dayes were past […]1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 157:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| breeches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
quakebreech · bear's-breech · be-breeched · breech delivery · quake-breech · breech-cloth · rod for one's breech · wipe-breech · breechblock · breechloading · quack-breech · nonbreech · breech-loader · breechloader · breechclout · breechcloth · breech screw · breech face · unbreech · breechless · breech pin · breech-loading · bear's breech
cs pumpky (Garment that clothes the buttocks) · de Hinterteil (buttocks, backside) · it culatta (part of a cannon or other firearm) · de Hintern (buttocks, backside) · de Hose (Garment that clothes the buttocks) · fi lannevaate (Garment that clothes the buttocks) · es parto de nalgas (birth) · sv bakstycke (part of a cannon or other firearm) · no setefødsel (birth) · cs porod koncem pánevním (birth) · de Schwanzschraube (part of a cannon or other firearm) · ca culata (part of a cannon or other firearm) · de Steißlage (birth) · fi perä (part of a cannon or other firearm) · ru казённая часть (part of a cannon or other firearm) · ru казённик (part of a cannon or other firearm) · fr culotte (Garment that clothes the buttocks) · cs závěr (part of a cannon or other firearm) · cs golfky (Garment that clothes the buttocks) · es culata (part of a cannon or other firearm) · fr culasse (part of a cannon or other firearm) · cs tříčtvrteční kalhoty (Garment that clothes the buttocks)
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
A great man […] anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
[…] it occurred before I was breeched, and I was breeched at three years and a quarter old;1748-1832, Jeremy Bentham, The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 10
to breech a gun
Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| breeching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| breeches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| breeched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| breeched | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
breech birth (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, or noun breech) · rod for one's own breech (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, or noun breech)
de Hosen tragen (to dress in breeches)