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   breech

   /briːtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. the part of a cannon behind the bore.
   • ▪ the back part of a rifle or gun barrel: "the 47-round ammunition drum fits over the breech"
   • 2. a person's buttocks. archaic

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the buttocks, rump, or legs are nearest the cervix and emerge first at birth: "breech presentation occurs in up to 3 per cent of pregnancies at term"

   verb

   • 1. dress (a boy) in breeches after he had been in petticoats since birth: historical "in those days it wasn't customary to breech a boy until he was about four"

   Word Origin Old Englishbrēc (plural of brōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broek), interpreted as a singular form. The original sense was ‘garment covering the loins and thighs’ (compare with breeches), hence ‘the buttocks’ (breech (sense 2 of the noun), mid 16th century), later ‘the hind part’ of anything.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • R

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