breach (1 is freq. and colours other uses, esp. 2)
1.
gap in a fortification made by a battery
H5 III. i. 1
“Once more unto the
breach, dear friends.”
2.
fissure or gap caused
by breaking
John IV. ii. 32
“patches set upon a
little breach,”
Ven. 1175; esp.= wound
Troil. IV. v. 244
“the very breach
whereout Hector's great spirit
flew,”
Ven. 1066.
3.
violation, infraction
Err. IV. i. 49
“ of
promise,”
H5 IV. i. 182,
Ham. I. iv. 16
“a custom More honour'd
in the breach,”
Cym. III. iv. 27.
4.
break-up of friendly
relations, rupture H8 IV. i.
106,
Lr. I. ii. 167
“nuptial
breaches.”
5.
“the of the sea,” the
breakers or surf Tw.N. II. i.
23.