BRITCH'ING, noun A strong rope, fastened to the cascabel or pummelion of a cannon, by a thimble, and clinched to ring bolts in the ship's side, to prevent it from recoiling too much in battle.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.