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Definition breech

Etymology

From Middle English breche, from Old English br??, from Proto-Germanic *br?kiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *br?ks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Brüch, Swedish brok.

Noun

breech (countable and uncountable, plural breeches)

1. (historical, now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]
2. (now rare) The buttocks or backside. [from 16th c.]
3. The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c.]
4. (nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
5. A breech birth.

Adverb

breech (not comparable)

1. With the hips coming out before the head.

Adjective

breech (not comparable)

1. Born, or having been born, breech.

Verb

breech (third-person singular simple present breeches, present participle breeching, simple past and past participle breeched)

1. (dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.
2. (dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
3. (transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
4. (transitive) To fasten with breeching.
5. (poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.

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