[brich-iz] 
) | 1. | Also called knee breeches. knee-length trousers, often having ornamental buckles or elaborate decoration at or near the bottoms, commonly worn by men and boys in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. |
| 2. | riding breeches. |
| 3. | Informal. trousers. |
| 4. | too big for one's breeches, asserting oneself beyond one's authority or ability. |
[n. breech; v. breech, brich] | 1. | the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks. |
| 2. | the hinder or lower part of anything. |
| 3. | Ordnance. the rear part of the bore of a gun, esp. the opening and associated mechanism that permits insertion of a projectile. |
| 4. | Machinery. the end of a block or pulley farthest from the supporting hook or eye. |
| 5. | Nautical. the outside angle of a knee in the frame of a ship. |
| 6. | Ordnance. to fit or furnish (a gun) with a breech. |
| 7. | to clothe with breeches. |
| breech (brēch) n.
[Middle English brech, from Old English brēc, pl. of brōc, leg covering, Gaulish brāca, hose, trousers.] |
breech (brēch)
n.
The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks.
Breeches
(Ex. 28:42), rather linen drawers, reaching from the waist to a little above the knee, worn by the priests (Ezek. 44:17, 18).