unbreeching
unbreeching is the present participle and gerund of unbreech.
Meaning of unbreech
Verb
unbreech (third-person singular simple present unbreeches, present participle unbreeching, simple past and past participle unbreeched)
- 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...
- Looking on the lines
- 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 unbreeching
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- Unbreeching is the present participle and gerund of unbreech.
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