breeching
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- IPA: /bri:tʃɪŋ/, /bri:tʃi:ŋ/, brɪtʃɪŋ/, /brɪtʃɪn/
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breeching (plural breechings)
- The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
- (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
- (equestrian) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.