breech : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: breech	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for breech
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
breech n opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded Synonym(s): breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breech \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breech \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.