Breech (?), n. [See Breeches.]
1.
The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
2.
Breeches.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
4. Naut.
The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
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Breech, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breeched (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Breeching (#).]
1.
To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched.
Macaulay.
2.
To cover as with breeches.
[Poetic]
Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore.
Shak.
3.
To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
4.
To whip on the breech.
[Obs.]
Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me.
Old Play.
5.
To fasten with breeching.
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