Breech, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breeched p. pr. & vb. n. Breeching ]
1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay.
2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]
Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak.
3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.]
Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. --Old Play.
5. To fasten with breeching.
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breeched
adj : dressed in trousers [syn: pantalooned, trousered]