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breech
[ noun breech; verb breech, brich ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- Ordnance. to fit or furnish (a gun) with a breech.
- to clothe with breeches.
breech
noun
- 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
verb
- to fit (a gun) with a breech
- archaic.to clothe in breeches or any other clothing
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- un·breeched adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of breech1
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Example Sentences
By midday Wednesday they were scrambling to plot a response to the monumental security breech.
This 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.
He devised the famous system of a dropping breech block, backed up by the hammer.
Spain had 10,000 muskets to modernize by the same system, and the breech-block attachments were made at Ilion.
The Whitmore double-barrel breech-loading shotgun was designed, and later developed into the Remington breech-loading shotgun.
The Nubian wore black tights and shirt, black slippers and a white skull cap and breech-clout.
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