Breech

• Breeches
  Breeches
  
  Breeches are an item of male clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg, usually stopping just below the knee, though in some cases reaching to the ankles.The breeches were normally closed and fastened about the leg, along its open seams at varied lengths, and to the knee, by either buttons or by a...
  , certain types of trousers; this term is older than the derived meaning 'buttock' of the word breech
• In a breech-loading weapon
  Breech-loading weapon
  
  A breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the Gun barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
  , the breech refers to the rear portion of the barrel which opens for ammunition loading, as well as the system used to load the round.
• Buttocks
  Buttocks
  
  The buttocks are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, including humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds....
  , the lower part of the human abdomen
• A breech birth
  Breech birth
  
  A breech birth is the birth of a baby from a breech presentation. In the breech presentation the baby enters the birth canal with the buttocks or feet first as opposed to the normal cephalic presentation....
  
• The lower part of a pulley
  Pulley
  
  A pulley is a mechanism composed of a wheel with a Groove between two flanges around the wheel's circumference. A rope, cable or belt usually runs inside the groove....
   block
• The penetration of a boiler
  Boiler
  
  A boiler is a closed Pressure vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications....
   where exhaust gases leave it

See also

• Breeching (disambiguation)
• Breach
  Breach
  
  Breach may refer to:...