English Dictionary

breeching

IPA（発音記号）

/bɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/

名詞

可算名詞 歴史的 不可算名詞 俗語

(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time. / A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney. / (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.

日本語の意味

歴史的な用法: 男児が初めてズボンを着用するための儀式 / 排気ガスを煙突に導くための通路（配管部品） / 海軍用語: 大砲を固定するために用いるロープ

The family's breeching was a joyous occasion, marked by cake, speeches, and the boy's proud first pair of trousers.

家族の男児に初めてズボンをはかせる儀式は、ケーキやスピーチで祝われ、男の子が誇らしげに初めてのズボンをはく晴れやかな行事だった。

意味（1）

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

When boys left off skirts at about six or seven to put on breeches this was an occasion of minor ceremony which marked the next stage of growing up. By the 18th century breeching was taking place earlier, when a boy was three or four.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.

意味（4）

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

Beside this, he has to learn to wear a collar, a crupper, and a breeching, and to stand still whilst they are put on; then to have a cart or a chaise fixed behind him, so that he cannot walk or trot without dragging it after him: and he must go fast or slow, just as his driver wishes.

意味（5）

(slang) A beating or flogging.

breechings （ plural ）