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unbreeches

unbreeches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbreech.

Meaning of unbreech

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

Questions about unbreeches

What is unbreeches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unbreeches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbreech.

Words near unbreeches in the dictionary

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

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