\Breech\, n. [See {Breeches}.]
1. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
2. Breeches. [Obs.] --Shak.
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.