Both Uses of
breach
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Neither of them knew what to say or do. Finally Marilla stepped lamely into the breach.
p. 23.2breach = gap (figuratively, like defenders stepping into a gap in a protective wall so that attackers cannot enter)
- Anne evidently got through her visit without any serious breach of "etiquette,"
p. 175.3 *breach = breaking
Definitions:
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(1)
(breach) break or failure
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A less common meaning of breach is the rising and breaking out of the water by a whale.