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Definition: BREECHING |
BREECHINGNoun1. The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack. 2. A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged. 3. That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle. 4. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Breech |
Date "BREECHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A passageway, usually constructed of sheet metal, for conveying the smoke from the flue gases to the smokestack. Source: European Union. (references) |
| That portion of the venting system which connects the gas appliance to the gas vent or chimney. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | A section of rectangular duct between the collector equipment and the vertical stack, in which particulate emissions from coal combustion facilities are usually measured. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Mid. Drawing loaded trams downhill underground. Syn:britching. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BREECHING |
| Specialty definitions using "BREECHING": Thermal Stratification. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This image shows partial breeching of the dam and the initial construction of the pools. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Partial breeching of the dam and construction of the pools. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expressions using "BREECHING": collecting breeching ♦ dividing breeching. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
breeching | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BREECHING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 臀先露 (Breeched). (various references) | |
Danish | tilslutningskanal (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector), røggaskanal (straight duct), aftræksrør (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector), aftræk (breech). (various references) | |
Dutch | broek (marsh, pants, short pants, shorts, swamp, trousers), afvoerkanaal voor rookgassen (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector). (various references) | |
Finnish | savukaasuputki (straight duct). (various references) | |
French | pantalon (breech), conduit de raccordement, carneau. (various references) | |
German | Schornstein-Fuchs (straight duct), Rauchgaskanal zum Schornstein, Rauchgasabzug (straight duct), Abgasrohr (flue connector, primary flue, tail pipe, tailpipe, vent connector), Abgaskanal (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector). (various references) | |
Greek | αγωγός απαερίων (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector), οπίσθιο μέρος αγωγού (straight duct). (various references) | |
Italian | condotta di collegamento (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector), Collettore del fumo, camino di scarico (straight duct). (various references) | |
Korean | 에 포미를 나. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eechingbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fluxo de descarga (straight duct), conduta de ligação (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector), conduta de fumos, canal em metal para pasagem do fumo. (various references) | |
Spanish | retranca, conducto de gases (straight duct), conducto de conexión (flue connector, primary flue, vent connector), cajas de humo. (various references) | |
Swedish | rökgasmätkanal (straight duct). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | затворний механізм. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BREECHING": breechings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BREECHING": unbreeching. (additional references) | |
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"BREECHING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brechen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-g-h-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: cheering. | |
-2 letters: bencher, birchen, generic, iceberg, rebegin, rehinge. | |
-3 letters: binger, breech, cering, cringe, eching, enrich, grinch, herein, hinger, inhere, nigher, richen. | |
-4 letters: beech, begin, beige, being, bench, binge, birch, brine, bring, cheer, chine, genic, genie, genre, giber, grebe, green, hence, hinge, neigh, nicer, niche, niece, rebec, reign, renig. | |
-5 letters: been, beer, bene, berg, bice, bier. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-g-h-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: breechings. | |
+2 letters: bedrenching, unbreeching. | |
+4 letters: overbleaching. | |
+5 letters: braunschweiger. | |
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