breech
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1. breech - Noun
2. breech - Adjective
3. breech - Verb
4. breech - Adverb
Meaning
The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
Breeches.
The hinder part of anything; esp., 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.
To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
To cover as with breeches.
To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
To whip on the breech.
To fasten with breeching.
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Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.
Plough wet or dry, and you will not have to kiss your neighbour's breech.
Between two stools the breech comes to the ground.
Between two stools the breech comes to the ground.
A metal case holds an integral primer to initiate the propellant and provides the gas seal to prevent the gases leaking out of the breech; this is called obturation.
A magazine is defined as a part of the firearm which exists to store ammunition and assist in its feeding by the action into the breech (such as through the rotation of a revolver's cylinder or by spring-loaded platforms in most pistol and rifle designs).