quakebreech

See also: quake-breech

English

Alternative forms

• quackbreech, quack-breech, quakebreach, quake-breach

Etymology

From quake +‎ breech.

Noun

quakebreech (plural quakebreeches)

1. (obsolete) A coward.

Synonyms

• quakebuttock; see also Thesaurus:coward

Adjective

quakebreech (comparative more quakebreech, superlative most quakebreech)

1. (obsolete) Cowardly, uncourageous.
   • 1705, John Stevens, A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha, volume 3, translation of original by de Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández, page 59:

     Hang me, if I do not fancy I ſtill hear that confounded Noiſe, which made my Guts wamble in my Belly! Faith and Troth, I found that Bout that my Mothers Son was in Quake-breech fear.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:cowardly