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Webster 1913 Edition
Breech
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.
Breech
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
3.
To fit or furnish with a breech;
as, to
. breech
a gun4.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Breech
BREECH
,Noun.
1.
Breeches; but rarely used in the singular.2.
The hinder part of any thing.BREECH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To whip on the breech.2.
See Britch.