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BREECH (common in early forms to Teut...

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 487 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BREECH (
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common in early forms to Teutonic
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languages)
  , a covering for the
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lower
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part of the
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body and legs . The Latin braca or bracca is a
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Celtic word, probably cognate with the 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 " breech " or hinder part of a
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gun . The word is also found in " breeches
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buoy," a sling
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life-saving apparatus, consisting of a support of
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canvas breeches . The " Breeches Bible," a name for the Geneva Bible of r56o, is so called because " breeches " is used for the aprons of fig-leaves made by Adam and
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Eve . On the stage the phrase a " breeches " part is used when a woman plays in male costume . " Breeching " is a strap passed round the breech of a harnessed horse and joined to the shafts to allow a vehicle to be backed .

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