Breech

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks.
  • n. A breech presentation or delivery.
  • n. A fetus in breech presentation.
  • n. Knee breeches.
  • n. Informal Trousers.
  • n. The part of a firearm behind the barrel.
  • n. The lower part of a pulley block.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
  • n. A breech birth.
  • ad. With the hips coming out before the head.
  • adj. Born, or having been born, breech.
  • v. To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.
  • v. To beat or spank on the buttocks.
  • v. To fit or furnish with a breech.
  • v. To fasten with breeching.
  • v. To cover as if with breeches.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
  • n. Breeches.
  • n. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
  • n. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
  • v. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
  • v. To cover as with breeches.
  • v. To fit or furnish with a breech.
  • v. To whip on the breech.
  • v. To fasten with breeching.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Breeches.
  • n. The lower part of the body behind.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The lowest quality or sort of wool from the fleece of the sheep: it is taken from the hinder part.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
  • Verb Form
    breeched    breeches    breeching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    opening   
    Cross Reference
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    Form
    breeched    breeching   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    breeches   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beach    Peach    Teach    beach    beech    beseech    bleach    breach    creach    each   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    trouser    leggings    waistcoat    stocking    jacket    overcoat    Jeans    frock    sleeve    doublet