breech /ˈbriʧ/
後膛,臀部(vt.)裝上炮後膛,使穿短褲
breech /ˈbrɪʧ/ 名詞
臀
Breech n.
1. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
2. Breeches. [Obs.]
3. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
4. Naut. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
Breech, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breeched p. pr. & vb. n. Breeching ]
1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay.
2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]
Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak.
3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.]
Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. --Old Play.
5. To fasten with breeching.
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breech
n : opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can
be loaded [syn: rear of barrel, rear of tube]