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 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]