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What does breech mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word breech? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]
  2. (now rare) The buttocks or backside. [from 16th c.]
  3. The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c.]
  4. (nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
  5. A breech birth.
Adverb
  1. With the hips coming out before the head.
Adjective
  1. Born, or having been born, breech.
Verb
  1. (dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.
  2. (dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
  3. (transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
  4. (transitive) To fasten with breeching.
  5. (poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.
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