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unbreech

unbreech verb: to remove the breeches of.

Verb

unbreech (third-person singular simple present unbreeches, present participle unbreeching, simple past and past participle unbreeched)

  1. (transitive) To remove the breeches of.
    • Looking on the lines
      Of my boy's face, my thoughts I did recoil
      Twenty-three years; and saw myself unbreech'dc. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (transitive) To free the breech of (a cannon etc.) from its fastenings or coverings.
    • She was overladen with guns , some were unbreeched , and her port - holes left open1801, Thomas Pennant, A journey from London to the Isle of Wight

Forms of unbreech

third-person singular presentunbreeches
present participleunbreeching
past participleunbreeched
pastunbreeched

Origin of unbreech

From un- + breech.

Questions about unbreech

What does unbreech mean?
Unbreech means to remove the breeches of.
What part of speech is unbreech?
Unbreech is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbreech?
The past tense of unbreech is unbreeched.

Words near unbreech in the dictionary

  1. unbreathed
  2. unbreathing
  3. unbreathy
  4. unbrecciated
  5. unbred
  6. unbreech
  7. unbreeched
  8. unbreeches
  9. unbreeching
  10. unbreed
  11. unbreedable

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