See also:

• BREECH (common in early forms to Teutonic languages)

BREECH (See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early forms to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages)  , a covering for the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• BODY

body and legs . The Latin braca or bracca is a See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic word, probably cognate with the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic . The word in its proper meaning is used in the plural, and, strictly, is confined to a garment reaching to the knees only . The meaning of " the hinder part of the body " is later than, and derived from, its first meaning; this sense appears in the " See also:

• BREECH (common in early forms to Teutonic languages)

breech " or hinder part of a See also:

• GUN

gun . The word is also found in " breeches See also:

• BUOY

buoy," a See also:

• SLING (from M. Eng. slingen, to fling, throw with a jerk, Icel. slyngva, cf. Ger. schlingen, to twist)

sling See also:

• LIFE

life-saving apparatus, consisting of a support of See also:

• CANVAS

canvas breeches . The " Breeches See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible," a name for the See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva Bible of r56o, is so called because " breeches " is used for the aprons of fig-leaves made by See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam and See also:

• EVE

Eve . On the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage the phrase a " breeches " part is used when a woman plays in male See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume . " Breeching " is a strap passed See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the breech of a harnessed See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse and joined to the shafts to allow a vehicle to be backed .