单词 | unbreech |
释义 | unbreechv.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1548 |
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