Rear part of a firearm or cannon behind the chamber.

• Area with the breechblock where a cartridge is loaded.

A garment covering the buttocks and hips.

• Usually breeches in the plural; singular is archaic.

The buttocks; the rear of the body. Archaic or dialectal.

A birth in breech presentation with buttocks or feet first.

Born in breech presentation; hips-first.

With the hips or buttocks coming out before the head.

To fit or furnish a firearm with a breech or breechblock.

To dress in breeches or trousers; especially a boy, archaic.