noun.
Breeches.
noun.
The lower part of the body behind.
noun.
The hinder part of anything; specifically, the mass of metal behind the bore of a cannon, or the part of a small arm back of the barrel, including the rear of the latter in breech-loaders.
noun.
Nautical, the angle of a knee-timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
To put into or clothe with breeches.
To cover to the breech or hilt.
[Various other readings and interpretations, such as reeched (soiled with a dark yellow), drenched, sheathed, etc., have been proposed by Shaksperian commentators.]
To whip on the breech.
To fit or furnish with a breech: as, to breech a gun.
To fasten by a breeching.
To suffer whipping on the breech.
noun.
The lowest quality or sort of wool from the fleece of the sheep: it is taken from the hinder part.