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Meaning
Noun
●
In Buttocks:
A
garment
whose
purpose
is to
cover
or
clothe
the buttocks.
●
In Buttocks:
The
buttocks
or backside.
●
In Firearms:
The part of a
cannon
or other
firearm
behind the chamber.
●
In Nautical:
The
external
angle
of
knee
timber
, the
inside of
which is called the throat.
●
In Obstetrics:
A
breech
birth.
Adv
●
In Obstetrics:
With the
hips
coming out
before the head.
Adj
●
In Obstetrics & Obstetrics:
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).
●
In Buttocks:
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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Origin
breech
English
brec
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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