Index of English words, starting with "br"

(1) - Breccia (n.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.

(1) - Breech (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.
(2) - Breech (v. t.) To whip on the breech.
(3) - Breech (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
(4) - Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.
(5) - Breech (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
(6) - Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
(7) - Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
(8) - Breech (n.) Breeches.
(9) - Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

(1) - Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.
(2) - Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

(1) - Breeching (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
(2) - Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged.
(3) - Breeching (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
(4) - Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.
(5) - Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breech

(1) - Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.