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单词 unbreech
释义

unbreechv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b. Compare Dutch ontbroeken.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈbreech.
1. transitive. To remove the breech or breeching from (a cannon, etc.).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > remove specific part
unbreech1548
unstock1706
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclixv The portes [were] left open,..and the greate ordinaunce vnbreched, so that when the ship should turne, the water entered, and sodainly she sanke.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scalcagnare,..to vnbreech, to vnheele, to vnstock, or dismount any kinde of great ordinance or artillerie.
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 8 He shall..shew them how to scoure their Pieces, and..how to vnbreetch them.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddd2/1 Gun. Let the worst come, I can unbreech a Canon, and without much help Turn her into the Keele.
2. To strip (a person) of breeches.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > trousers
unbreech1598
debag1914
de-pants1939
pants1972
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scalciáre, to vnhose, to unshoe,..to vnbreech.
1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. viii. 147 [James I] Kings have been stripped bare, and emperors unbreeched by popes.
1835 Court Mag. 6 20 I was afraid of feeling for my snuff~box, lest I should unbreech half Naples.
a1896 W. Morris Sundering Flood (1898) 89 If I catch thee not and unbreech thee and whip thee as a grammar master his scholar, then [etc.]

Derivatives

unˈbreeching n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun] > removing specific garments > trousers
unbreeching1598
debagging1914
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scalciatura, an..vnhosing, vnbreeching.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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