Crossword-Solution: BREECHING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Breeching | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Breech |
| Breeching | n. | A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. |
| Breeching | n. | That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle. |
| Breeching | n. | A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged. |
| Breeching | n. | The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “BREECHING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Going from petticoats to pants, once | 1 answer |
| harness part | 22 answers |
| Harness | 38 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with BREECHING (5)
They followed him as far as the stable-door, and there stood watching him again as he put the horse between the shafts, got them up one after the other into the loops, fastened the traces, the belly-band, the breeching, and the reins.
Diamond found that by making the breeching just a little tighter than was quite comfortable for the old horse he could do very well for the present; and, thinking it better to let him have his bag in this quiet place, he sat on the box till the old horse should have eaten his dinner.
Besides this he has to learn to wear a collar, a crupper, and a breeching, and to stand still while they are put on; then to have a cart or a chaise fixed behind, so that he cannot walk or trot without dragging it after him; and he must go fast or slow, just as his driver wishes.
Whatever the saddle chosen, it should be supplied with breast-straps, breeching, and two good cinches.
Even his subjection was not made congruous throughout, for the harness being too short, his tail was not drawn through the crupper, so that the breeching slipped awkwardly to one side.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2020).