breech
/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/ sustantivo C2En español: culata, parto de nalgas
- A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
- The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
- The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
- A breech birth.
Plural breeches
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There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightly colored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns; and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads, wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps.
He opened it at the breech, put something in, and snapped the breech-lock.
“Oh, yes, certainly,” said the count; “uniform, cross, knee-breeches.”
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