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Photographic camera system
A breech-lock is a system for mounting camera lenses to camera bodies. The lens is attached to the camera by means of a rotating ring which is used to
Breech-lock
Part of the firearm action
A breechblock (or breech block) is the part of the firearm action that closes the breech of a breech loading weapon (whether small arms or artillery) before
Breechblock
Type of breech locking mechanism
The Blish lock is a breech locking mechanism designed by John Bell Blish based upon his assumption that under extreme pressures, certain dissimilar metals
Blish_lock
Class of gun which is loaded from the breech
firearm or artillery piece in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech (rear) end of the barrel. The vast majority of modern firearms are breechloaders
Breechloader
Standard lens mount on the Canon
lens mount is a breech-lock mount, which is a variation of the common triple-flanged bayonet attachment. The advantage of the breech-lock over the bayonet
Canon_FD_lens_mount
Element of firearm design
Locked breech is the design of a breech-reloading firearm's action. This is important in understanding how a self-reloading firearm works. In the simplest
Locked_breech
Interface between a camera body and lens
lens mount may be a screw-threaded type, a bayonet-type, or a breech-lock (friction lock) type. Modern still camera lens mounts are of the bayonet type
Lens_mount
The Canon FD 35mm f/2.0 lens was manufactured by Canon for the FD lens mount. It was sold in several variations after it was introduced in 1971, and was
Canon_FD_35mm_f/2
Air Rifle
returned into place and secured with a breech-lock. The first production models had leather piston and breech seals with a 4mm diameter transfer port
Weihrauch_HW_35
Breech-loading pistol
The Triple Action Thunder is a breech-loading, single shot handgun designed to fire the .50 BMG cartridge. It was developed by Triple Action LLC, an FFL
Triple_Action_Thunder
Camera model
1966 to 1992. The Six accepts lenses with the Pentacon Six mount, a breech-lock bayonet mount. The Praktisix was manufactured by Kamera Werkstätten (KW)
Pentacon_Six
Cannon breech
The Welin breech block was a revolutionary stepped, interrupted thread design for locking artillery breeches, invented by Swedish engineer Axel Welin
Welin_breech_block
Anti-tank gun
M1975 - used the horizontal sliding wedge breech lock. M1977 - used the vertical sliding wedge breech lock. M2002 - modernized version of M1977 with a
100_mm_anti-tank_gun_M1977
Functional mechanism of breech-loading
off breech with the powder and projectile manually loaded from the muzzle. Instead, the muzzleloader ignition mechanism is referred to as the lock (e.g
Action_(firearms)
Lens mount for Canon 35mm single-lens reflex cameras
Canon's first single lens reflex (SLR) camera. The mount employed a "breech lock" system to attach the lens to the camera body. The R mount was discontinued
Canon_R_lens_mount
Screw thread profile with an asymmetric square/slanted shape
Buttress thread forms, also known as sawtooth thread forms or breech-lock thread forms. are screw thread profiles with an asymmetric shape, having one
Buttress_thread
Medium format film camera
sec shutter speed. Multiple exposures are possible in the M-mode. Mirror lock up is supported for long exposures and macro photography. The body has one
Mamiya_RZ67
American 9×19mm pistol
BullPup 9 was released in 2017. The BullPup 9 is a recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistol. It features a rotating barrel, similar to the
Bond_Arms_BullPup_9
Medium format single-lens reflex camera
1990: RB67 Pro-SD Production 1970-2010 Lens Lens mount Custom Mamiya breech-lock bayonet mount Sensor/medium Recording medium 120 film Focusing Focus
Mamiya_RB67
Brand of polymer-framed semi-automatic pistols
stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols (as well as some rifles and one machine pistol)
Glock
Semi-automatic pistol
1979, authored by Walter Ludwig). The Walther P5 is a recoil-operated, locked-breech, 9 mm semi-automatic pistol. It utilizes the same design principles
Walther_P5
Semi-automatic pistol
successful, it was difficult and expensive to manufacture due to its breech-locking system. Additionally, the higher price put it in disadvantage against
Walther_P88
Class of artillery
into a slot behind the powder chamber and screwing the breech screw tightly against the block to lock it in place. A degree of obturation was achieved via
Rifled_breech_loader
locking ring for the breech lock mount at the base, while three models were produced as "New FD" lenses where the entire lens barrel rotated to lock the
Canon_FD_135_mm_lens
Lens Mount
Pentacon Six mount (commonly abbreviated to P6, or Б in Cyrillic) is a breech-lock bayonet lens mount originally used by several medium format single-lens
Pentacon_Six_mount
Type of firearm action
weight of the bullet, delay opening of the breech until the bullet has left the barrel. A few locked breech designs use a form of blowback (example: primer
Blowback_(firearms)
Czechoslovak rifle
the hinged breech locking piece and lifts it up and out of engagement with the locking recesses in the steel body. The hinged breech locking piece swings
Vz._58
Swiss battle rifle
Caliber 7.5mm Action gas-operated reloading, open bolt in full auto, closed bolt for semi auto, Tilting breech lock Feed system Magazine Sights Iron
Sturmgewehr_52
17th-century Danish firearm
in the lock plate, and into the breech. The powder flowed directly through the breech into a cavity behind it in the case of cylinder breech guns, or
Kalthoff_repeater
1959 35mm single-lens reflex camera
the Super-Canomatic R 50mm f/1.8, using the first version of Canon's breech-lock manual-focus lens mount, the R lens mount, which would evolve into the
Canon_Canonflex
Gun mechanism
muzzle-loading and early breech-loading firearms, as modern firearms uniformly fire by use of a firing pin to strike the rear of a cartridge. Side-lock refers to the
Lock_(firearm)
Birth of a baby bottom first
A breech birth is the birth of a baby delivered buttocks- or feet-first rather than in the typical head-first orientation. Around 3–4% of pregnant women
Breech_birth
Machine gun
fire smokeless cartridges. Although boasting a reliable and secure breech-locking mechanism (similar to the Russian DP-27), the weapon was prohibitively
Kjellman_machine_gun
35 mm film single-lens reflex camera
functionality while making the camera smaller. The AE-1 has a Canon FD breech-lock lens mount and accepts any FD or New FD (FDn) lens. It is not compatible
Canon_AE-1
Firearm with flint-striking ignition
shot formation equipped with matchlocks (pike:shot ratio of 3:2). Various breech-loading flintlocks were developed starting around 1650. The most popular
Flintlock
Semi-automatic pistol
Maxim gun's toggle lock mechanism. The pistol uses a locked breech and a short recoil operating cycle, with the barrel and breech moving backward together
Borchardt_C-93
American firearms manufacturer
spring to hold the breech closed, these pistols use a heavier slide so they can use a softer recoil spring. When compared to breech-locking handguns of the
Hi-Point_Firearms
Heavy/Siege gun
(L/26) and Bulgarian (L/28) were slightly different in respect of the breech lock while in other aspects they were identical. "Schneider-Canet 120mm 1897_Serbia"
120 mm Schneider-Canet M1897 long gun
120_mm_Schneider-Canet_M1897_long_gun
Pistol cartridge designed by John Moses Browning
pistols, which lack breech locking mechanisms. It was John Pedersen with the Remington Model 51 that delivered a true locked breech for the .32 ACP cartridge
.32_ACP
Process of tire fabrication
use hydraulic oil as the prime mover for machine motion, and lock the mold with a breech-lock mechanism. Hydraulic presses have emerged as the most cost-effective
Tire_manufacturing
Type of pistol
as the 9 mm Parabellum (9 mm) and .45 ACP, some form of locked-breech is needed to retard breech opening, as an unlocked blowback pistol in these calibers
Semi-automatic_pistol
Type of firearm action
Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement locked-breech autoloading firearms. Recoil operated firearms use the energy of recoil to
Recoil_operation
35mm single-lens reflex camera model
at least one program mode. The A-1 accepts any lens with the Canon FD breech lock mount (introduced in 1971) or Canon New FD pseudo-bayonet mount (sometimes
Canon_A-1
Ignition source in a type of firearm mechanism
condition. Its invention gave rise to the caplock mechanism or percussion lock system which used percussion caps struck by the hammer to set off the gunpowder
Percussion_cap
Ceremonial horse cavalry unit of the 1st Cavalry Division, US Army
Individual soldiers are equipped with the 1873 Springfield Carbine Trap Door (Breech Lock) Model Caliber 45-70, 1873 Colt Single Action Caliber .45 Revolver, and
1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment
1st_Cavalry_Division_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment
Artillery
(6-Pfünder-Feldkanone C/61) rifled breechloader of cast steel with a "piston" breech-lock designed by Martin von Wahrendorff, which gave such good results that
Krupp_gun
Soviet camera company
(from 1 sec to 1/1000), a lens with an automatic diaphragm in a unique breech-lock mount, and even a knife for cutting-off part of the unexposed film. The
Zenit_(camera)
German gun manufacturer
piston rifle, the HW77. This gun opened fully for loading directly into the breech of the barrel, like a Feinwerkbau match rifle. This was a great improvement
Weihrauch
Firearm action
A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development
Wheellock
Japanese optics and film cameras company
subsequent models in the Penta, Flex and FT lines used the proprietary Petri breech lock bayonet. Adapters were manufactured to allow interchangeability, albeit
Petri_Camera
Semi-automatic pistol
designed to be safe to fire with a simple blowback action unaided by any breech-locking devices. This is only possible with a heavy slide and strong recoil
Astra_400
1870 Prussian Navy breech loader gun
ordering 600 field guns with this system. For heavier calibers, a similar breech lock was invented by Krupp in 1868. In Fall 1864 the department of the navy
21_cm_RK_L/19
Handgun
Interarms) in the US. The TPH is blow-back operated and does not have a breech locking system. The barrel is fixed to the frame and fits tightly in the slide
Walther_TPH
Semi-automatic rifle
According to McNab, around 120,000 Gewehr 41s were made in total. While the breech locking and firing systems on the G41(W) proved to be cheap and satisfactory
Gewehr_41
Form Tr 60×9 ANSI/ASME B1.9-1973 (R2017) Buttress Inch Screw Threads Breech-Lock Thread Form ASME B1.10M-2004 (R2014) Unified Miniature Screw Threads
List_of_thread_standards
Camera model
lenses. Unlike most bayonet-mount lenses, the Contax G mount uses a breech-lock mechanism similar to the manual-focus Canon FD and FL mount. The very
Contax_G
Type of breech-loading flintlock pistol
barrel. Another distinguishing feature of the design is that the lock-plate and the breech section (chamber) of the firearm are forged as a single piece
Queen_Anne_pistol
control section which mounted directly to the camera using the Canon FL breech-lock bayonet mounting ring; and the head end, which determined the focal length
Canon_FL_1200mm_lens
Gas-operated semiautomatic pistol
barrel. The PLR-16 combines the multi-lug rotating bolt design and breech-locking system of the AR-15 with a gas piston system. The pistol accepts the
KelTec_PLR-16
Aspect of photography history
black pentaprism housing. It also featured newly developed 'R' series breech lock mount lenses. This SLR was superseded by the Canonflex RM, a fixed prism
History of the single-lens reflex camera
History_of_the_single-lens_reflex_camera
British submachine gun series
chambering it and firing the weapon all in the same movement. There is no breech locking mechanism; the rearward movement of the bolt caused by the recoil impulse
Sten
Service rifle
turnscrew, which arrangement allows the breech block and lock to be taken out for the purpose of cleaning. The breech arrangement is strong and simple. It
M1870_Belgian_Comblain
Rifle
The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech-loading rifle (also considered something of a hybrid breech and muzzle-loading design) designed by John Hancock
M1819_Hall_rifle
Railway gun
unit from Schneider in France in 1930. Only the gun body (barrel with a breech-lock) was purchased from Schneider, and the railway carriage and auxiliary
Type_90_240_mm_railway_gun
Indian heavy engineering company
above Thermal Engineering International (TEi), U.S. for Screw Plug (Breech Lock) Heat Exchangers and Waste Heat Recovery through Process Waste Heat Boilers
ISGEC
cameras is the adoption of stronger lens mount seatings secured with a breech lock – namely the Arri PL and PV mount, both of which were designs descended
Comparison_of_movie_cameras
Assault rifle
features a self-regulating gas system and a rotary bolt breech locking mechanism (equipped with two locking lugs), which is rotated by a helical camming groove
Vektor_R4
Soviet aircraft machine gun
Szakats (rotating feed), and the Berthier (piston-actuated, propped breech, locking.) Although ShKAS is best known for its high rate of fire, it did have
ShKAS_machine_gun
35 mm film single-lens reflex camera
Canon cameras since the 1960s on a pentaprism. The camera uses Canon's breech-lock FD mount, and so users could choose from the wide variety of Canon FD
Canon_AL-1
Grenade launcher
consisted of a hollow metal tube attached to a tripod, with a rudimentary breech at one end. Rounds were fired with the use of black powder ignited by a
Northover_Projector
Mechanical device used to effect a closure using a partial rotation
required to achieve a secure lock. Axel Welin solved this problem with his stepped interrupted screw design: the Welin screw breech of 1890. This design has
Interrupted_screw
Study and practice of safe operation of firearms
rounds that could lead to dangerous mishaps such as a barrel failure or breech explosion. Proper storage prevents both damage and the unauthorized use
Gun_safety
Soviet and Ukrainian brand of photocameras
Zenit 70. Those cameras look like enlarged 35mm SLRs. They use the same breech-lock lens mount as Pentacon Six, allowing them to use all the lenses made
Kiev_(brand)
Method of locking used in firearms
Rotating bolt is a method of locking the breech (or rear barrel) of a firearm closed for firing. Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse developed the first rotating
Rotating_bolt
Standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family
three-eared bayonet fitting on the camera body, and each FD lens provided a breech-lock receptacle to register and fasten the lens to the bayonet. The EF mount
Canon_EF_lens_mount
Semi-automatic pistol
M&P (Military and Police) is a polymer-framed, short recoil operated, locked breech semi-automatic pistol introduced in the summer of 2005 by the American
Smith_&_Wesson_M&P
Russian pre-dreadnought battleship
to attend his own station and was physically unable to look after the breech lock and attend to his own duties. The panel eventually dropped the charges
Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky
Russian_battleship_Sissoi_Veliky
Semi-automatic pistol
The 9C1 is a family of polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by FMK Firearms in California
FMK_9C1
Single-shot firearm action
rolling-block action is a single-shot firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. The
Rolling_block
System of operation used to provide energy to operate autoloading firearms
Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure
Gas-operated_reloading
Weapon
The Smith & Wesson 459 is a 9mm double/single action pistol with locked breech short recoil action. It is an updated version of the Model 59 with adjustable
Smith_&_Wesson_459
Falling-block rifle
production. Rollin White of R&L invented the knife-edge breech block and self-cocking device for the "box-lock" Model 1851. This is referred to as the "first contract"
Sharps_rifle
Internal ballisitics term
Bolt thrust or breech pressure is a term used in internal ballistics and firearms (whether small arms or artillery) that describes the amount of rearward
Bolt_thrust
British breech-loading single-shot lever-actuated rifle and derivatives
The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually
Martini–Henry
Rifled musket
Civil War, many Model 1863 rifled muskets were converted into breech-loading rifles. The breech-loading weapons increased the rate of fire from three to four
Springfield_Model_1863
Heavy machine gun
used by the Royal Italian Army. The M37 retains the same rising block breech-locking system of its predecessor, but its fed with 20-round metal strips, similar
Breda_M37
Type of firearm mechanism
the bolt is locked in the receiver with locking lugs which hold it securely in place during firing - then pulled back to open the breech and allowing
Bolt_action
Prussian field gun
The Krupp C64 (sometimes C/64) steel, breech loaded field gun was one of the main artillery pieces of the Prussians in the 1870–1871 war with France. It
C64_(field_gun)
Early breech-loading rifle
combat, especially in the wood of the stock around the lock mortise. The lock mechanism and breech were larger than the stock could withstand with rough
Ferguson_rifle
Line of 35mm SLR cameras by Zeiss Ikon
available with a proprietary "ZIV" (Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer) two-lug breech-lock bayonet lens mount and a version with the M42 lens mount was added in
Icarex
Serbian infantry rifle of the late 19th century
(without a primer), which was fired with the traditional percussion lock. A cylindrical breech block with a plug at the front end was moved in the square-shaped
Green_percussion_rifle
Semi-automatic pistol
(standing for "Lightweight Compact 9mm") is a 9mm caliber, recoil-operated, locked breech, hammer fired, semi-automatic pistol. It was first announced by Sturm
Ruger_LC9
Soviet 35mm camera
Single-lens reflex Production 1958–1964 Lens Lens mount Proprietary (breech-locking bayonet) Lens 44-58mm f/2.0 Helios-44 F-numbers 2.0 Sensor/medium Film
Start_(Soviet_camera)
Mechanical fastener
electronic cam lock is similar to the mechanical cam lock, but it is different in the lock cylinder. The keyhole of a mechanical cam lock is usually the
Latch
still, the whole lens barrel rotated to lock the lens, even though the actual mating surfaces of the breech-lock mount remained stationary in respect to
Canon_FD_200_mm_lens
Mortar
its opening breech locked by a falling block, much like direct fire artillery. The firing pin was automatically withdrawn when the breech was unlocked
Brandt_Mle_CM60A1
Breech-loading rifle
cartridge after its designer. The breech block housed a diagonally downward sloping firing pin struck with a front-action lock mounted hammer. To operate the
Snider–Enfield
Semi-automatic pistol
produce. The first design was submitted to the German Army and featured a locked breech and a hidden hammer but the Army requested that it should be redesigned
Walther_P38
Mechanical part of a firearm
a rigid type of bolt lock. Semi-rigid bolt locks have their locking elements movably mounted on either the bolt, barrel or breech housing and using a bolt
Bolt_(firearms)
Single-shot firearm action
the breech is closed, the receiver essentially becomes a single piece of steel (as opposed to other actions that rely on lugs to lock the breech). This
Falling-block_action
BREECH LOCK
BREECH LOCK
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : ethnic name for someone from France, Middle English frensche, or in some cases perhaps a nickname for someone who adopted French airs.English and Scottish : variant of Anglo-Norman French Frain.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Middle English beche, Old English bece, a byform of bæce. Compare Bach 3.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech wood, from Middle English beche ‘beech tree’ (Old English bēce).Perhaps also an Americanized form of German Bisch.John Beach came from England to New Haven, CT, in about 1635. Thomas Beach came from England to Milford, CT, in 1638. It is not clear whether they were related.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant spelling of Wrench, a nickname from Middle English wrench ‘trick’, ‘artifice’.Probably an altered spelling of German Rensch or Rentsch.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Place Name; Diminutive of Beacher; Close to Beech Trees
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Sir Toby Belch, uncle of Olivia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brach 2.Possibly an altered spelling of Breetsch, a North German habitational name from a place so named in the Altmark area.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for an irritating person, from Middle English breeze ‘gadfly’ (Old English brēosa).Americanized spelling of the Welsh patronymic ap Rhys ‘son of Rhys’ (see Reese).German : habitational name from any of numerous places called Breese or Breesen, in Mecklenburg, Wendland (near Hannover), Brandenburg, and Pomerania. In some cases the place name is derived from West Slavic brjaza ‘birch’.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Reese, REECE means "ardor, heat of passion."
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Brach 2.
Boy/Male
English
Close to beech trees.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish BrÃd, BREEDA means "exalted one."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : nickname from Gaelic breac ‘speckled’.English : unexplained.German : topographic name related to Middle Low German brÄke ‘uncultivated land’.Breck was the name of a Massachusetts Bay family prominent in the earliest settlement. Edward Breck settled in Dorchester, MA, in 1636, and died there in 1662.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beach.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a topographic name from Middle English crich(e) ‘creek’, but more likely a habitational name from Creech St. Michael in Somerset or East Creech in Dorset, both named with a Celtic element cr{u:_}g ‘mound’, ‘hill’.Scottish : habitational name from Creich in Fife.Possibly an Americanized spelling of the German names mentioned at Creach 2.
Boy/Male
English
Close to beech trees.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English wrench ‘wile’, ‘trick’, ‘artifice’.
Male
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Bearach, BERACH means "sharp."
Boy/Male
British, English
Close to Beech Trees; Diminutive of Beacher
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of French origin)
English and Scottish (of French origin) : habitational name from La Tranche in Poitou, so named from the Old French topographical term trenche, a derivative of the verb trenchier ‘to cut’, which denoted both a ditch and a track cut through a forest. The term is also found in Middle English, and in some cases the surname could be of topographic origin or from minor place, such as The Trench in Kent, named with this word.The Trench family that hold the earldom of Clancarty trace their descent from Frederic de la Tranche, who settled in Northumbria from France c.1575. They became established in Ireland in the 17th century, when Frederick Trench went there and purchased an estate in Galway in 1631.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French branche ‘branch’ (Late Latin branca ‘foot’, ‘paw’), the application of which as a surname is not clear. In America it has been adopted as a translation of any of the numerous Swedish surnames containing the element gren ‘branch’, and likewise of French Labranche, German Zweig, and Finnish Haara, Oksa, and Oksana.
BREECH LOCK
BREECH LOCK
Boy/Male
Tamil
Maker
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Pure; Clever
Girl/Female
American, Christian, Danish, German, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Swahili
Eyes; Favour; Grace
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Gold
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : habitational name from Crittenden in Kent, which is named with the Old English personal name Gū{dh}here + Old English -ing- denoting association with + Old English denn ‘woodland pasture’.The statesman John Jordan Crittenden, who was born near Versailles, KY, in 1787, was of Welsh descent on his father’s side. His immigrant ancestor arrived in VA before 1650. His father, a major in the American Revolution, moved from VA to KY and settled in Woodford Co.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Portuguese
A Penelope; Wife of Odysseys; White Shoulder; Fionnula; Dream Weaver; Duck; Hard Working
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Sage Friend
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name ALAMEA means "precious."
Male
Hebrew
(×”ï‹×©××¢-× ×) Hebrew unisex name derived from hosha'na, HOSHA'NA means "deliver us." In the bible, this was the cry of the people who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he entered Jerusalem.
Boy/Male
Tamil
BREECH LOCK
BREECH LOCK
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BREECH LOCK
BREECH LOCK
v. i.
To retch.
v. t.
To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
v. t.
To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
v. t.
To whip on the breech.
v. t.
To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.
n.
Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
imp. & p. p.
of Breech
a.
Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
a.
Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.
n.
Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
v. i. & t.
To make a speech; to harangue.
v. t.
To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.
imp. & p. p.
To adorn as with a brooch.
v. t.
To cover as with breeches.
n.
Alt. of Breeze fly
n.
Breeches.
v. t.
To put into, or clothe with, breeches.