All 5 Uses of
breech
in
A Game of Thrones
- My sleeve is torn and my breeches are unaccountably damp, but nothing was harmed save my dignity.†
p. 245.4 *breeches = pants
- He had put on his finest clothes to come to court, but his breeches were patched, his cloak travel-stained and dusty.†
p. 464.7
- The Greatjon says that won't matter if we catch him with his breeches down, but it seems to me that a man who has fought as many battles as Tywin Lannister won't be so easily surprised.†
p. 604.7
- Her father had once said of Walder Frey that he was the only lord in the Seven Kingdoms who could field an army out of his breeches.†
p. 644.8
- He was clad in black from head to heel; high leather riding boots, roughspun breeches and tunic, sleeveless leather jerkin, and heavy wool cloak.†
p. 774.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(breech) rear
Most commonly used today in the phrase breech birth in reference to a baby who comes out of the birth canal butt-first rather than head-first.More-archaic senses seen in classic literature include:- breechcloth -- a form of loincloth consisting in a strip of material passed between the thighs and held up in front and behind by a belt or string
- breeches -- pants
- a cannon's breech -- the rear of a gun
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A breech birth refers to a child born bottom first. A less common sense of breech refers to the lower part of a pulley block.