A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. / (informal) Trousers; pantaloons.

plural of breech

(dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony). / (dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.

(historical, now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. / (now rare) The buttocks or backside.

(obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.

(obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.

(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time. / A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney. / (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.

plural of breeching

Dressed in breeches.

simple past tense and past participle of breech