unbreech

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verb

To remove the breeches of.

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Meanings

verbunbreech (third-person singular simple present unbreeches, present participle unbreeching, simple past and past participle unbreeched)

present singular third person unbreeches · participle present unbreeching · participle past unbreeched · past unbreeched

  1. transitiveTo remove the breeches of.

    Looking on the lines Of my boy's face, my thoughts I did recoil Twenty-three years; and saw myself unbreech'd

    c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]
  2. transitivegovernmentTo free the breech of (a cannon etc.) from its fastenings or coverings.

    She was overladen with guns , some were unbreeched , and her port - holes left open

    1801, Thomas Pennant, A journey from London to the Isle of Wight

Origin

From un- + breech.

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Anagrams

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APA

unbreech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreech

MLA

“unbreech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreech. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbreech,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreech.

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