Breech

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  • noun. The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A breech presentation or delivery.
  • noun. A fetus in breech presentation.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Knee breeches.
  • noun. Trousers.
  • noun. The part of a firearm behind the barrel.
  • noun. The lower part of a pulley block.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
  • noun. Breeches.
  • noun. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
  • noun. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
  • transitive verb. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
  • transitive verb. To cover as with breeches.
  • transitive verb. To fit or furnish with a breech.
  • transitive verb. To whip on the breech.
  • transitive verb. To fasten with breeching.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
  • noun. A breech birth.
  • adverb. With the hips coming out before the head.
  • adjective. Born, or having been born, breech.
  • verb. To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.
  • verb. To beat or spank on the buttocks.
  • verb. To fit or furnish with a breech.
  • verb. To fasten with breeching.
  • verb. To cover as if with breeches.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
  • Word Usage
    "A new study has shown that pregnant women who have during the end of pregnancy have a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level above 2.5 -- a level that is considered within the "normal range" or reference range for the TSH test -- are at higher risk of for their baby to be in a breech position (The term breech refers to a baby that is not in the head-down position.)"
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    opening  
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