List of synonyms from "breakneck" to synonyms from "breech"
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Definition of the day : « breech »
- As in rump : noun bottom, posterior of animal or human
- As in seat : noun rear end of animate being
- As in behind : noun buttocks
- As in bottom : noun rear end
- As in rear end : noun hind part
- As in tush : noun bottom
- As in clothe : verb cover with apparel
- He laid his hand on the breech of the gun that bore Don Diego.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- The Padre nodded while he bent over the breech of his Winchester.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He caught it and broke it at the breech, ejecting the two shells; one of them was empty.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- He opened it at the breech, put something in, and snapped the breech-block.
- Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They wore only leggings, shirts, breech clouts and a blanket.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- Here the missile is inserted at the breech, according to Your direction.
- Extract from : « The Worshippers » by Damon Francis Knight
- Quoin—a wedge placed under the breech of a gun to fix its elevation.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- Breechblock—a movable piece which closes the breech of a cannon.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- He drops the breech hastily to the ground as the face of Carrie peers forth.
- Extract from : « Shadows of Shasta » by Joaquin Miller
- Then he was represented by a youth who wore a breech cloth only.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner