Meaning

noun trousers ending above the knee

noun opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Proto-Germanic *brōks Proto-West Germanic *brōk Old English brōc Old English brēċ Middle English brek Middle English breches English breeches From Middle English breches, brechen pl, a variant of Middle English breche, brech, brek (“breeches”), from Old English brēċ (“underpants”), the plural of brōc (“legging, buttocks”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk,…

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