breech
/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/ verb C2- To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
- To beat or spank on the buttocks.
- To fit or furnish with a breech. · to breech a gun
- To fasten with breeching.
He/she/it breeches · Past breeched · Past participle breeched · -ing form breeching
Verb forms
- Base form
- breech
- He/she/it
- breeches
- Past
- breeched
- Past participle
- breeched
- -ing form
- breeching
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He opened it at the breech, put something in, and snapped the breech-lock.
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