Breech - Law Dictionary Search Results
VerbarSans culotte
A fellow without breeches a ragged fellow a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party
Hausse
A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm or a cannon
Tort
divisible into three classes, according as they consist in the infringement of a jus in rem, or in breech of a duty imposed by law on a person towards another person, or in the breach of a
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Peep sight
with a small hole to peep through in aiming attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech distinguished from an open sight
Muzzle loader
A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech
Cascabel
The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck In old
Breechloader
A firearm which receives its load at the breech
Breechcloth
A cloth worn around the breech
Codpiece
A part of male dress in front of the breeches formerly made very conspicuous
Dicentra
A genus of herbaceous plants with racemes of two spurred or heart shaped flowers including the Dutchmans breeches and the more showy Bleeding heart Dicentra spectabilis
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