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BREECH
breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube
(noun) opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
breech (countable and uncountable, plural breeches)
(historical, now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]
(now rare) The buttocks or backside. [from 16th c.]
The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c.]
(nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
A breech birth.
Adverb
breech (not comparable)
With the hips coming out before the head.
Adjective
breech (not comparable)
Born, or having been born, breech.
Verb
breech (third-person singular simple present breeches, present participle breeching, simple past and past participle breeched)
(dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.
(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.
Anagrams
• Becher
Source: Wiktionary
Breech, n. Etym: [See Breeches.]
1. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
2. Breeches. [Obs.] Shak.
3. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
4. (Naut.)
Definition: The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
Breech, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breeched; p. pr. & vb. n. Breeching.]
1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. Macaulay.
2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. Shak.
3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.] Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. Old Play.
5. To fasten with breeching.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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