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Breech : (noun)
1: opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can
be loaded [syn: rear of barrel, rear of tube]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Breech : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Breech : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Breech : Breech: The buttocks.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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