Breech(n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
Breech(n.) Breeches.
Breech(n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
Breech(n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
Breech(v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
Breech(v. t.) To cover as with breeches.
Breech(v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
Breech(v. t.) To whip on the breech.
Breech(v. t.) To fasten with breeching.
Breeched(imp. & p. p.) of Breech
Breeches(n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
Breeches(n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.
Breeching(n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.
Breeching(n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
Breeching(n.) 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.
Breeching(n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
Breeching(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breech
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