Breeching vs. Breaching: What's the Difference?

The strap of a harness that passes behind a draft animal's haunches.

An opening, tear, or rupture.

The short wool or hair on the rump and hind legs of a sheep, goat, or dog.

A gap or rift, especially in a solid structure such as a dike or fortification.

The parts of a gun that make up the breech.

A violation or infraction, as of a contract, law, legal obligation, or promise.

A rope formerly used to secure the breech of a cannon to the side of a ship to control the recoil.

A breaking up or disruption of friendly relations; an estrangement.

(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.

A leap of a whale from the water.

A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.

The breaking of waves or surf.

(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.

To make a hole or gap in; break through.

(equestrian) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.

To break or violate (an agreement, for example).

(slang) A beating or flogging.

To leap from the water

A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.

To develop a hole or opening. Used especially of protective embankments

That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.

Present participle of breach

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.

The act by which something is breached.

The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.