A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. from 11th c.
The buttocks or backside. from 16th c.
The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. from 16th c.
The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
A breech birth.
With the hips coming out before the head.
Born, or having been born, breech.
To dress in breeches. especially To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time.
To beat or spank on the buttocks.
To fit or furnish with a breech.
To fasten with breeching.
To cover as if with breeches.
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
A breaking out upon; an assault.
A bruise; a wound.
A hernia; a rupture.
A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
A difference in opinions, social class etc.
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
To make a breach in.
To violate or break.
To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
To leap clear out of the water.