BREECH

breech

Noun

  1. A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
  2. The buttocks or backside.
  3. The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
  4. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
  5. A breech birth.

Verb

  1. To dress in breeches. To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.
  2. To beat or spank on the buttocks.
  3. To fit or furnish with a breech.
    to breech a gun
  4. To fasten with breeching.
  5. To cover as if with breeches.

Adjective

breech

  1. Born, or having been born, breech.

Adverb

breech

  1. With the hips coming out before the head.


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