rope breeching
noun
A rope used to secure a gun to part of a vessel so as to counteract the recoil.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Blackwood's Magazine.
- unthinkingness
- unthought
- unthoughtful
- unthread
- unthreatened
- unthreatening
- unthriftily
- unthriftiness
- unthrifty
- unthrone
- untidily
- untidiness
- untidy
- untie
- untied
- until
- until further notice
- until further orders
- untilled
- until (or till) hell freezes over
- untimeliness
- untimely
- untinged
- untiring
- untiringly