| Breech 1. (n.) The buttocks; the lower part of the body; behind. 2. (n.) Breeches. 3. (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber. 4. (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. 5. (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches. 6. (v. t.) To cover as with breeches. 7. (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun. 8. (v. t.) To whip on the breech. 9. (v. t.) To fasten with breeching. Thesaurus Entries afterpart, afterpiece, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, bed, bedrock, behind, belly, bottom, bottom side, buttocks, derriere, downside, fanny, fundament, hardpan, heel, hind end, hind part, hindhead, lower side, lowest layer, lowest level, nether side, nethermost level, occiput, posterior, postern, rear, rear end, rearward, reverse, rock bottom, rump, stern, substratum, tail, tail end, tailpiece, underbelly, underlayer, underneath, underside |