Breech /(brēch [or] brĭch; 277)/

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. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. (Naut.)

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.

2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]

   Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore.

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.

5. To fasten with breeching.