Chimney vs. Breeching — What's the Difference?

A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator or fireplace from human living areas. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that the gases flow smoothly, drawing air into the combustion in what is known as the stack, or chimney effect.

The strap of a harness that passes behind a draft animal's haunches.

A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace; a flue.

The short wool or hair on the rump and hind legs of a sheep, goat, or dog.

The usually vertical structure containing a chimney.

The parts of a gun that make up the breech.

The part of such a structure that rises above a roof.

A rope formerly used to secure the breech of a cannon to the side of a ship to control the recoil.

Chiefly British A smokestack, as of a ship or locomotive.

(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.

A glass tube for enclosing the flame of a lamp.

A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.

Something, such as a narrow cleft in a cliff, resembling a chimney.

(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.

(equestrian) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

(slang) A beating or flogging.

(British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.

A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.

A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.

That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.

A vagina.

A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged.

A black eye; a shiner.

The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.

(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.

A fireplace or hearth.

That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.

A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.

A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.

A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building

A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp