单词	breeching
释义	breeching /ˈbriːtʃɪŋ / noun [mass noun] 1A strong leather strap passing round the hindquarters of a horse harnessed to a vehicle and enabling the horse to push backwards.A cart has no brakes, so the horse is fitted with breechings around the hind legs to allow him to slow the vehicle.... These connect to the breechings via the harness, and provide effectively both for steering and braking. The wheel-horses' breechings are independent of their collars. 2 historical A thick rope used to secure the carriages of cannon on a ship and to absorb the force of the recoil.The wire breechings of No.2 6-inch gun were carried away near the end of the firing.... In very bad weather, when the ship's rolling caused the guns to strain their fastenings, the breechings were doubled. Are you a great gun yourself, that you so recoil, to the extremity of your breechings, at that discharge? 3The hair or wool on the hindquarters of an animal.Silvering may appear in the undercoat, tail, under parts of the dog, or beneath the tail and breechings.... Black is self-explanatory but some black Chows have silver shadings in tail or breechings. The hair may be a little longer on breechings.
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