breeching

• A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech
• That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle
• A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship´s side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged
• The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack

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