breechless
Americanadjective
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Ordnance. without a breech.
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without breeches or trousers.
Etymology
Origin of breechless
First recorded in 1350–1400, breechless is from the Middle English word breklesse. See breech, -less
Example Sentences
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After three days’ parley I had just concluded my bargain with his breechless majesty, when a “barker” greeted me with the cheerless message that the “Aguila” was surrounded by man-of-war boats!
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
I, Hodge, breechless Swear to Diccon, rechless, By the cross that I shall kiss, To keep his counsel close, And always me to dispose To work that his pleasure is.
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art
A little breechless boy passed, carrying a lump of stone.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
The captive of the cold complains, His breechless bones it reaches.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 by Various
“Something more than a score, with a piper that’s noisier than the other twenty, led by a breechless ruffian, although I must say he knows what to do with a sword.”
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr
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