Its more fun than non-lawers arguing law.
>>> Peter Cutting 06/20/05 03:24pm >>>
Now then....
does this count as DCC os SPA or even CDP?
or is it merely evidence based etymology?
breach
n.
An opening, a tear, or a rupture.
A gap or rift, especially in or as if in a solid structure such as a dike or
fortification.
A violation or infraction, as of a law, a legal obligation, or a promise.
A breaking up or disruption of friendly relations; an estrangement.
A leap of a whale from the water.
The breaking of waves or surf.
v. breached, breach?ing, breach?es
v. tr.
To make a hole or gap in; break through.
To break or violate (an agreement, for example).
v. intr.
To leap from the water: waiting for the whale to breach.
[Middle English breche, from Old English brc. See bhreg- in Indo-European
Roots.]
compared with
breech
n.
The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks.
A breech presentation or delivery.
A fetus in breech presentation.
breeches
Knee breeches.
Informal. Trousers.
The part of a firearm behind the barrel.
The lower part of a pulley block.
[Middle English brech, from Old English brc, pl. of brc, leg covering; akin to
Gaulish brca, hose, trousers.]
Peter
>>> [log in to unmask] 14:36:20 20/06/2005 >>>
> Breech = back end of a gun, Breeches =trousers for golf,
> breeching is not a
> proper word except as in "trousering"??
The double "e" is actually the correct spelling for a whale jumping out of
the water.
Matt Dunn
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