单词 | breeching |
释义 | breechingn. 1. The action of clothing with breeches; concrete clothing for the breech or haunches (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches breecha1100 breeka1300 femoralc1450 hosec1460 breecha1500 overstocks1543 strossers1598 strouses1600 breeching1604 brogues1615 trousies1652 small clothes1770 knee-breeches1829 smalls1836 breekums1839 culotte1842 sine qua nons1850 terminations1863 trouserettes1875 strides1889 knee-breech1904 1604 S. Rowlands Looke to It sig. D2v You with..The Moncky wast, the breeching like a Beare. a. A flogging. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. F.vi I study to daye and bycause I fere a brechyng. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. Lv Aristorchus eyes, Whose lookes were as a breeching to a boye. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Mv Worse than an vpbrayding lesson after a britching. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K2 He..can hardly shake off his dreames of breeching. b. attributive as in breeching boy, breeching-scholar, a young scholar still subject to the birch, hence figurative a novice. (Cf. also whipping-boy n.) ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > schoolboy > young or junior petitc1451 petty1571 breeching-scholar1611 lower boy1778 under-boy1843 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Donat The diuells were, as then, but breeching boyes, like Grammar Schoole boyes, but young in experience, but Nouices. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 733/2 How such a breeching-boy as he was, durst attempt so great a wickednes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. i. 18 I am no breeching scholler in the schooles. View more context for this quotation 3. A strong leather strap passing round the breech of a shaft-horse, and enabling him to push backwards; a breech-band. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > straps lorainc1290 lingel1460 breeching1515 breastplate1578 martingale1584 rudstay1688 running martingale1747 breastband1783 breast collar1789 rump band1844 check-strap1857 kicking-strap1861 point1875 strapping1882 1515–24 in Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1838) I. 3 To William Pawn..cart-saddles, collars, harnes, and breeching. 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 152 Breechings are of no use but in hilly places. 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 155 It is buckled to the collar along with the Breeching Strap. 1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 174 An old female hostler, who gave us neither cruppers, blinkers, or breeching. 4. Coarse clotted wool on the buttocks of sheep. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > fleece > [noun] > parts of breeching1799 breech1805 piece1849 britch1884 neck1928 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from specific part of sheep hip locks1681 neck wool1726 breeching1799 bottom wool1848 belly-wool1851 say-cast1877 cow-tail1884 1799 Pitt in Commun. Board of Agric. II. 464 The Morf fleece is almost wholly fine, with a very small proportion of breechings or daglocks. 5. Nautical. A stout rope attached by a thimble to the cascabel of a gun, and securing the gun to the ship's side. Hence breeching-bolt, breeching-loop. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > support or fixing for gun gun-stock1495 breeching1627 train tackle1769 housing-bolt1807 housing-ring1820 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 65 Britchings are the ropes by which you lash your Ordnance fast to the Ships side. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Breeching, a rope used to secure the cannon..and prevent them from recoiling too much. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 230 Double breechings were rove on the guns. 6. The parts forming the breech of a gun, the breech-action. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech breech1575 coil1706 breeching1802 breech action1885 1802 Hull Advertiser 18 Dec. 3/1 An improved construction of breeching. 1816 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 2) 35 This breeching was also patronized by the late Mr. Smith. 7. ‘A bifurcated smoke-pipe in a furnace’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1515 |
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