breech
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
- The buttocks or backside.
- The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
- The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
- A breech birth.
Adverb
- With the hips coming out before the head.
Adjective
- Born, or having been born, breech.
Verb
- To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
- To beat or spank on the buttocks.
- To fit or furnish with a breech.
- To fasten with breeching.
- To cover as if with breeches.
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