breech
Barrel's loading end
Breech refers to the back or rear part of something.
In firearms, the breech is the rear of the barrel where ammunition is loaded—a breech-loading rifle loads from the back rather than the muzzle.
In anatomy, breech describes a baby positioned bottom-first rather than head-first in the womb: a breech birth, The baby was breech.
The plural breeches are trousers that extend to just below the knee, once standard menswear, now mainly worn for horseback riding.
Gun loaded through barrel
- flintlockFlint-sparked firearm mechanism
- musketMuzzle-loaded infantry firearm
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
- carbineShort-barreled lightweight firearm
blunderbuss · arquebus · matchlock · smoothbore · blackpowder · bolt-action · chamber · barrel
Silly and unimportant
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- deliveryConveyance of goods
labor · transverse · vertex · fetal position · pelvis · birth canal · turning · neonatal
Fleshy seat area
- posteriorRear or later
- rearBack portion or raise
- hindquartersAnimal's rear body section
- rumpRear body portion
haunches · behind · bottom · backside · seat · gluteus · fundament · fetal position
Bifurcated lower-body garment
- pantsTwo-legged garment
- britchesInformal term for trousers
- jodhpursHip-flared equestrian trousers
- knickerbockersLoose breeches gathered at knee
riding pants · knee-length · buckled · fitted · hunting attire · 18th-century · tailored · woolen
muzzleloader
Gun loaded through barrel
- flintlockFlint-sparked firearm mechanism
- musketMuzzle-loaded infantry firearm
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
carbine · blunderbuss · arquebus · matchlock · smoothbore · blackpowder · bolt-action · chamber · barrel · cartridge
footling
Silly and unimportant
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
delivery · labor · transverse · vertex · fetal position · pelvis · birth canal · turning · neonatal · perinatal
buttocks
Fleshy seat area
- posteriorRear or later
- rearBack portion or raise
- hindquartersAnimal's rear body section
rump · haunches · behind · bottom · backside · seat · gluteus · fundament · fetal position · pelvic region
trousers
Bifurcated lower-body garment
knickerbockers · riding pants · knee-length · buckled · fitted · hunting attire · 18th-century · tailored · woolen · leather
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- emplacementPrepared weapon position
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- bastionFortified defensive position
siege · bombardment · ordnance · battery · mortar · fieldwork · embrasure · casemate
- birth complicationsprolonged labor, fetal distress, postpartum hemorrhage, uterine atony, preterm labor
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- women's healthgynecologist, gynecology, menstruation, OB-GYN, period
- Mammal Birthbirth, pregnancy, gestation, labor, fetus
- naval gunnerynaval gun, cannons, gunnery drills, guns, naval guns
- breech birthBaby delivered bottom-first
- riding breechesFitted trousers for equestrians
- too big for one's breechesBehaving above one's position
- breech baby
- breech positionFetus presenting buttocks first
- knee breechesTrousers cut at leg joint
breech-loading, breeches, breeched, breeching, breechloader, breechloaders, breech birth