Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breeches

1 sense of breeches

Sense 1
breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers -- (trousers ending above the knee)
       => trouser, pant -- ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breech

1 sense of breech

Sense 1
breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube -- (opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded)
       => opening -- (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door")