breech.
A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
With the hips coming out before the head.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
Born, or having been born, breech.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
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 breech a gun
To fasten with breeching.
To cover as if with breeches.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
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