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breech Definition


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breech
noun breeches
    1. The back part of a gun barrel, where it is loaded.
    2. old use
      The lower back part of the body; the buttocks. See also breeches.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon brec, plural of originally meaning ‘a garment covering the loins and thighs' and also in sense 2.



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