Definitions from Wiktionary (breech)

▸ noun:  (historical, now only in the plural or attributive) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
▸ noun:  (now rare) The buttocks or backside.
▸ noun:  (firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
▸ noun:  (nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
▸ noun:  (obstetrics) A breech birth.
▸ adverb:  (obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.
▸ adjective:  (obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.
▸ verb:  (dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
▸ verb:  (dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fasten with breeching.
▸ verb:  (poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.






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