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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