BREECH

vt to whip on the breech.

2. breech ·vt to fasten with breeching.

3. breech ·vt to cover as with breeches.

4. breech ·noun breeches.

5. breech ·vt to put into, or clothe with, breeches.

6. breech ·noun the lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

7. breech ·vt to fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.

8. breech ·noun the external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

9. breech ·noun the hinder part of anything; ·esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.