About The Word Breech
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Breech
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What's The Definition Of Breech?
[n] opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
Synonyms | Synonyms for Breech: rear of barrel | rear of tube Related Terms | Find terms related to Breech: afterpart | afterpiece | back | back door | back seat | back side | backside | bed | bedrock | behind | belly | bottom | bottom side | buttocks | derriere | downside | fanny | fundament | hardpan | heel | hind end | hind part | hindhead | lower side | lowest layer | lowest level | nether side | nethermost level | occiput | posterior | postern | rear | rear end | rearward | reverse | rock bottom | rump | stern | substratum | tail | tail end | tailpiece | underbelly | underlayer | underneath | underside See Also | barrel | breech closer | breechblock | cask | opening Breech In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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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