brecht

A Middle English form of breech. brecham (brech'am), n. [Sc., also brechame; prob. of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. braighdeach, a horse's collar, braighdean, a cow's or calf's col- 2. To cover to the breech or hilt. [Rare.] lar, = Ir. braighdean, a collar, Gael. braide an, a little collar, dim. of braid, a horse-collar, a brecham, = Ir. braid, a collar, IMG:content-2491.png:[blocks in formation] breech 3. To whip on the breech. Had not a courteous serving-man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. Robert Taylor (1612), Hog hath Lost his Pearl, vi. 4. To fit or furnish with a breech: as, to breech a gun.-5. To fasten by a breeching. II. in trans. To suffer whipping on the breech. I am no breeching scholar in the schools. Shak., T. of the S., iii. 1. breech-band (brēch'band), n. Same as breech ing , 3.