Definitions for breech
britʃ; britʃ, brɪtʃbreech

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breech, rear of barrel, rear of tubenoun

   opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breechnoun

   A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.

2. breechnoun

   The buttocks or backside.

3. breechnoun

   The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.

4. breechnoun

   The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

5. breechnoun

   A breech birth.

6. breechverb

   To dress in breeches. To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.

7. breechverb

   To beat or spank on the buttocks.

8. breechadverb

   With the hips coming out before the head.

9. breechadjective

   Born, or having been born, breech.

10. Etymology: brec, plural of *, from brōks. Cognate with Dutch broek, Swiss German Brüch, Swedish brok.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BREECHnoun

   Etymology: supposed from bræcan, Sax.

   1. The lower part of the body; the back part.

   When the king’s pardon was offered by a herauld, a lewd boy turned towards him his naked breech, and used words suitable to that gesture. John Hayward.

   The storks devour snakes and other serpents; which when they begin to creep out at their breeches, they will presently clap them close to a wall, to keep them in. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

   2. Breeches.

   Ah! that thy father had been so resolv’d! ——
   —— That you might still have worn the petticoat,
   And ne’er have stoln the breech from Lancaster. William Shakespeare.

   3. The hinder part of a piece of ordnance.

   So cannons, when they mount vast pitches,
   Are tumbl’d back upon their breeches. Anonym.

2. To Breechverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To put into breeches.2. To fit any thing with a breech; as, to breech a gun.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breech

   A breech refers to the part of a cannon or other firearm behind the bore. Additionally, in terms of childbirth, it refers to a situation where the baby is positioned with its bottom or feet towards the birth canal. It can also mean to break or violate a law, rule, agreement, etc.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breechnoun

   the lower part of the body behind; the buttocks

2. Breechnoun

   breeches

3. Breechnoun

   the hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber

4. Breechnoun

   the external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat

5. Breechverb

   to put into, or clothe with, breeches

6. Breechverb

   to cover as with breeches

7. Breechverb

   to fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun

8. Breechverb

   to whip on the breech

9. Breechverb

   to fasten with breeching

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breech

   brēch, n. the lower part of the body behind: the hinder part of anything, esp. of a gun.—v.t. to put into breeches: to flog.—adj. Breeched.—n.pl. Breeches (brich′ez), a garment worn by men on the lower limbs of the body, strictly, as distinguished from trousers, coming just below the knee, but often used generally for trousers—(Knee-breeches, see under Knee).—n. Breech′ing, a part of a horse's harness attached to the saddle, which comes round the breech and is hooked to the shafts: a strong rope attached to the breech of a gun to secure it to a ship's side.—adj. (Shak.) subject to whipping.—n. Breech′-load′er, a firearm loaded by introducing the charge at the breech instead of the muzzle.—Breeches Bible, a name often given to the Geneva Bible produced by the English Protestant exiles in 1560, so named from the rendering 'breeches' in Gen. iii. 7; Breeches part (theat.), a part in which a girl wears men's clothes.—To wear the breeches, (said of a wife), to usurp the authority of the husband: to be master. [A.S. bréc; found in all Teut. languages; cf. Ger. bruch, Dut. brock.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breech

   In ordnance, is the mass of solid metal behind the bottom of the bore, extending to the cascabel. The base of the breech is its rear surface.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BREECH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Breech is ranked #48160 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Breech surname appeared 439 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Breech.
   
   81% or 356 total occurrences were White.
   15% or 66 total occurrences were Black.
   1.8% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Opening

Anagrams for breech »

1. becher

How to pronounce breech?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of breech in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of breech in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=breech
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Breech
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=breech
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breech
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=breech
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html