breech

About 0.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun The buttocks or backside.
3. noun The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
4. noun The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
5. noun A breech birth.
6. adverb With the hips coming out before the head.
7. adjective Born, or having been born, breech.
8. verb To dress in breeches. To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).

Similar words

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Often followed by

presentation of delivery and presentations is block birth position

Word family

breeches