BREECH

The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

Breeches. [Obs.] Shak.

The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.

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

To put into, or clothe with, breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. Macaulay.

To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. Shak.

To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.

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.

To fasten with breeching.