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breechless, a.|ˈbriːtʃlɪs|
Also Sc. and north. dial. breekless; other Forms, see breech.
[f. breech n. + -less.]
Without breeches; bare or naked about the buttocks.
a1400Morte Arth. 1048 His brode lendez, He bekez by þe bale fyre, and breklesse hyme semede. 1470Harding Chron. l. iii, This stone..On whiche y⊇ Scottish Kynges wer brechelesse set At their coronomente. 1638Songs Costume (1849) 141 Some like breechless women go, The Russ, Turk, Jew, and Grecian. 1822Scott Pirate v. 45 A breekless loon frae Lochaber. 1864Sat. Rev. XVIII. 711/1 Even a breechless islander, of the man Friday cast, would revolt at the idea. 1864Atkinson Whitby Gloss. s.v. Breeks, They were sarkless and breekless. |