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Synonyms for breech
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun breech; verb breech, brich |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun britʃ; verb britʃ, brɪtʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for breech Other synonyms for the word breech
- accouter
- apparel
- array
- back
- back side
- beam
- bedizen
- bedrape
- behind
- bottom
- breech
- bum
- butt
- butt end
- buttock
- buttocks
- can
- caparison
- coat
- costume
- croup
- dandify
- deck
- derrière
- dizen
- dud
- duff
- endow
- endue
- enwrap
- fanny
- fit
- fit out
- fundament
- garb
- gown
- guise
- habilitate
- habit
- haunches
- hind end
- hindquarters
- invest
- jacket
- keister
- livery
- mantle
- moon
- outfit
- posterior
- prat
- primp
- raiment
- rear
- rear end
- rig
- robe
- rump
- sacrum
- seat
- spruce
- stern
- suit up
- swaddle
- swathe
- tail
- tail end
- tog
- turn out
- tush
- vest
Définition of breech
Origin :- "back part of a gun or firearm," 1570s, from singular of breeches (q.v.).
- As in rump : noun bottom, posterior of animal or human
- As in seat : noun rear end of animate being
- As in behind : noun buttocks
- As in bottom : noun rear end
- As in rear end : noun hind part
- As in tush : noun bottom
- As in clothe : verb cover with apparel
- He laid his hand on the breech of the gun that bore Don Diego.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- The Padre nodded while he bent over the breech of his Winchester.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He caught it and broke it at the breech, ejecting the two shells; one of them was empty.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- He opened it at the breech, put something in, and snapped the breech-block.
- Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They wore only leggings, shirts, breech clouts and a blanket.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- Here the missile is inserted at the breech, according to Your direction.
- Extract from : « The Worshippers » by Damon Francis Knight
- Quoin—a wedge placed under the breech of a gun to fix its elevation.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- Breechblock—a movable piece which closes the breech of a cannon.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- He drops the breech hastily to the ground as the face of Carrie peers forth.
- Extract from : « Shadows of Shasta » by Joaquin Miller
- Then he was represented by a youth who wore a breech cloth only.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
Antonyms for breech
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