Both Uses of
breach
in
Cold Sassy Tree
- He's talkin' bout breach a-promise.†
*breach = break or penetrate
- If n you don't carry out the drawin', I'll sue for breach apromise.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(breach) break -- as in break an understanding or a break (gap) in a wall
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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.