This first breeching is an event that papa desires and mamma dreads.

The stationary breeching, which prevents recoil, was not in use at this time.

He wants the whip; ought to have had it regularly from his first breeching.

Spongers return rammer and sponge to place, and assist in securing lashings and breeching.

With a breeching, the piece may be fired as if on an ordinary carriage.

In the harness of society they are breeching-straps, good for nothing but to hold back.

A breeching and a couple of tackles, if the guns should be fired on skids.

Adam looked down at the nearest eighteen-pounders, lined up behind their ports, breeching ropes taut.

Whatever the saddle chosen, it should be supplied with breast-straps, breeching, and two good cinches.

When the gun is not in to a taut breeching, the 2d Captain ships the Roller Handspike.

It has a leathern breast-strap, breeching, and lash-strap, with a broad hair girth fastened in the Mexican fashion.

The gun captain was talking quietly with two of his crew, and another was loosening the breeching rope.

How about that piece of breeching!

He is taken from grammar-school half coddled, and can hardly shake off his dreams of breeching in a twelvemonth.

Two breeching side-shackles and pins.

Don't break yore breeching, Dan.