breech

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bɹiːt͡ʃ/

Noun

countable historical in-plural uncountable archaic

Japanese Meaning

お尻を覆うための衣服（歴史的な用法で、現在は複数形でのみ使用） / お尻、臀部（現在は稀な用法）

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The museum displayed a single, tattered breech from the 17th century as evidence of everyday dress.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

博物館は、17世紀の日常服の証拠として、ぼろぼろの尻を覆う衣服を一着展示した。

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Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

(now rare) The buttocks or backside.

And he made a woman for playing the whore, sit upon a great stone, on her bare breech twenty-foure houres, onely with corne and water, every three dayes, till nine dayes were past […]

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Sense（3）

(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.

Coordinate term: muzzle

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Sense（4）

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

Sense（5）

(obstetrics) A breech birth.

breeches

（ plural ）

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