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breech
n.
short pants; pants; rear part of gun behind the barrel
Breech
Breech may refer to:
- Breeches, an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down
- Breech, in a breech-loading weapon, a chamber integral to the rear portion of a gun barrel
- Buttocks, the lower part of the human abdomen
- Breech, the lower part of a pulley block
- Breech, the penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it
breech
Noun
1. opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
(synonym) rear of barrel, rear of tube
(hypernym) opening
(part-holonym) barrel, cask
(part-meronym) breechblock, breech closer
Breech
(v. t.)
To whip on the breech.
(v. t.)
To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
(v. t.)
To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
(v. t.)
To fasten with breeching.
(v. t.)
To cover as with breeches.
(n.)
The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
(n.)
The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
(n.)
The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
(n.)
Breeches.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Breech
The buttocks.
