breeched
/bɹiːt͡ʃt/
breeched is the simple past and past participle of breech.
Meaning of breech
Verb
breech (third-person singular simple present breeches, present participle breeching, simple past and past participle breeched)
- To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
- […] it occurred before I was breeched, and I was breeched at three years and a quarter old;1748-1832, Jeremy Bentham, The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 10
- To beat or spank on the buttocks.
- To fit or furnish with a breech.
- to breech a gun
- To fasten with breeching.
- To cover as if with breeches.
- Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Adjective
breeched (not comparable)
- Dressed in breeches.
- Synonyms:
- be-breeched
Synonyms of breeched
Words formed from breeched
Words that rhyme with breeched
Questions about breeched
- What does breeched mean?
- Breeched means dressed in breeches.
- What is breeched the simple past and past participle of?
- Breeched is the simple past and past participle of breech.
- What part of speech is breeched?
- Breeched is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce breeched?
- Breeched is pronounced /bɹiːt͡ʃt/.
Words near breeched in the dictionary
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