breech
the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks.
the hinder or lower part of anything.
Ordnance. the rear part of the bore of a gun, especially the opening and associated mechanism that permits insertion of a projectile.
Machinery. the end of a block or pulley farthest from the supporting hook or eye.
Nautical. the outside angle of a knee in the frame of a ship.
Ordnance. to fit or furnish (a gun) with a breech.
to clothe with breeches.
Origin of breech
1Other words from breech
- un·breeched, adjective
Words that may be confused with breech
- breach, breech
Words Nearby breech
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How to use breech in a sentence
By midday Wednesday they were scrambling to plot a response to the monumental security breech.
Attacks on American Consulate in Libya kill four, including American Ambassador | Justin Green | September 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is exactly the breech into which progressive women should step.
But it was not until fixed ammunition came into use that the breech-loader really came to stay—and that was only the other day.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousHe devised the famous system of a dropping breech block, backed up by the hammer.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousSpain had 10,000 muskets to modernize by the same system, and the breech-block attachments were made at Ilion.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | Various
The Whitmore double-barrel breech-loading shotgun was designed, and later developed into the Remington breech-loading shotgun.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousThe Nubian wore black tights and shirt, black slippers and a white skull cap and breech-clout.
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British Dictionary definitions for breech
the lower dorsal part of the human trunk; buttocks; rump
the lower part or bottom of something: the breech of the bridge
the lower portion of a pulley block, esp the part to which the rope or chain is secured
the part of a firearm behind the barrel or bore
obstetrics short for breech delivery
to fit (a gun) with a breech
archaic to clothe in breeches or any other clothing
Origin of breech
1usage For breech
- See also breeches
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