Breech_(disambiguation)

Breech

Breech

Topics referred to by the same term

Breech may refer to:

  • Breech (firearms), the opening at the rear of a gun barrel where the cartridge is inserted in a breech-loading weapon
  • breech, the lower part of a pulley block
  • breech, the penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it
  • breech birth, when the baby is born feet or bottom first
  • breeches, an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down
  • buttocks, or breech, the lower part of the human abdomen
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People with the surname

  • Ernest R. Breech (1897–1978), American businessman, chairman of Ford Motor Company
  • Jim Breech (born 1956), American football player

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