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Definition of: breech
(brēch) noun
1. The posterior and lower part of the body; the buttocks.
2. The rear end of a gun, cannon, etc.
—v.t. (brēch, brich)
1. To clothe with breeches.
2. To provide with a breech, as a gun.
3. To fasten by a breeching, as a ship's cannon.
4. Obs. To flog on the breech. ◆ Homophone: breach. [OE brec, pl., breeches]
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