breeching
About 0.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- noun A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
- noun A rope used to secure a cannon.
- noun A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
- noun A beating or flogging.
Similar words
rear of barrel rear of tube britchen breeches breechclout breeches role articles britches breech-cloth trouser role
Often followed by
and of the is rope or to ropes in
Word family
breechings
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