breech
IPA: brˈitʃ
noun
- (historical, now only in the plural or attributive) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
- (now rare) The buttocks or backside.
- (firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
- (nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
- (obstetrics) A breech birth.
verb
- (dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
- (dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
- (transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
- (transitive) To fasten with breeching.
- (poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.
adjective
- (obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.
adverb
- (obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.
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Examples of "breech" in Sentences
- The breeches were white, and the vest yellow.
- The hammer is cocked when the breech is opened.
- The barrel is integrated with the barrel breech.
- The breech assembly extends through the planar member.
- The successor to the muzzle loader was the breech loading rifle.
- The gunner then released the cocked breech with a lever at the grip.
- It was also used to assemble the loading tray and to change the breech.
- It was checkered fore and aft of the breech and tipped with white metal.
- The breech is just the rear end of the barrel and is completely different.
- The weakness of the breech loader was the obvious problem of sealing the breech.
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