“A blow on the hand with a cane is different from a blow on the bare breech with a rod.”

“He was still wearing his breeches, one calf covered with the puttee, the other calf naked.”

“Except where absolutely necessary, sloped or horizontal offsets in the vertical portion of a chimney above the breeching should be avoided.”

“The LTA eliminates the difficult job of cutting and fastening a short horizontal length of liner in the breeching.”

“The donkey is able to brake the cart by pushing its hindquarters against the false breeching.”

“During this same period, the Prussians had been testing guns made by Alfred Krupp, and in 1856 they adopted their first Krupp breechloader.”

“The chief lesson taught by the engagement is the tremendous power of the breechloader in steady hands.”

“The Honourable, when he went over the farm with his breechloader, invariably came in and drank a glass of the small beer.”

“Lowering the operating lever dropped the breechblock and extracted the spent cartridge.”

“Cleaning the No.1 is a cinch because the chamber, bore and face of the breechblock are so accessible.”

“The slide is made of a stamping of chrome moly steel, with a machined steel breechblock segment, and covered with a polymer shroud.”

“In his Norfolk jacket, breeks made from Glenturret's own tweed and yellow flashes in his socks, Alex Seldon is dressed for the part.”

“Decked out in ankle-long, breeks decorated with angular black patterns, she grinned at them.”

“There were pieces of clothing, breeks and cloaks that looked perfectly normal, but these produced their own warmth.”

“He was formally attired in brown breeches and a white silk shirt accompanied by a deep blue waistcoat.”

“Henceforth Bentham always wore his green coat with scarlet lapels, scarlet waistcoat with gold lace, and white breeches.”

“Three of the crew were taken ashore by breeches buoy but the vessel then slid off the rocks.”