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breek|briːk|
Forms: 3–6 breke, 6 breik, 7 breeke, 5– breek.
[North. Eng. and Sc. variant of breech n.]
1. A garment covering the loins and thighs; = breech n. 1.
†a. Formerly in singular. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 2048 Was funden þan na breke in land. c1440Promp. Parv. 48 Breche or breke, braccæ. a1528Skelton Elynour Rumm. 452 The vertue..Of her husbands breke.
b. Now only in pl. breeks = breeches, trousers.
1552Lyndesay Monarche 985 And maid thame Breikis of leuis grene. 1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady v. v, I ha' linnen Breeks on. 1651Proc. Parliament No. 84. 1282 To slip off their breeks, that so they may wade up to their middle. 1814Scott Wav. xlviii, It's ill taking the breeks off a Highlandman. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxx. (1856) 263 A pair of coarse woollen drawers, and a pair of seal-skin breeks over them. 1855Whitby Gloss., Breeks, breeches.
†2. The buttocks, rump, posterior. Obs.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 69 They beginne usually on the belly..greasinge tayle and breeke last. |