Thesaurus: breech

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1. n. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
2. n. Breeches.
3. n. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
4. n. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
5. v. t. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
6. v. t. To cover as with breeches.
7. v. t. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
8. v. t. To whip on the breech.
9. v. t. To fasten with breeching.
10. n. opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
11. 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. 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.
12. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which iscalled the throat.