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breech::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rear of barrel, rear of tube |
| Type of | opening |
Examples of breech
breech
Keep shredded bark or leaf mulch around bear's breech to deter snails and slugs.
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Breech position is more likely to occur if the mother had a breech birth before.
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The reporter told viewers that this was not unusual and was not an actual breech.
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On the Parrott, a large wrought iron reinforcing band was overlaid on the breech.
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Breech did enough to impress Cal coaches, who gave him a scholarship on the spot.
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With bagged charges the breech itself provides obturation and holds the primer.
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Is it enough that the host country is in breech with the right of free expression?
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There have, however, been a number of locked-breech pistols chambered in .380 ACP.
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The front of the barrel was called the muzzle, and the rear was called the breech.
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- Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
- A breech-loading weapon is a firearm (a rifle, a gun etc.) in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, or the opposite of muzzle-loading.
- A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]; The buttocks or backside. [from 16th c.]; The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c. ...
- To deliver offspring hips first
- Fetal presentation position, buttocks-first. Doctors are generally willing to consider vaginal delivery if Baby B is breech, as long as the presenting twin is vertex.
- The outside angle of a knee-timber. The after end of a gun.
- Where a shell or cartridge enters or exits the chamber.
- Presentation is more common when a baby is smaller than average, the uterus is an abnormal shape, there is more than one baby, or the woman has already has children and her uterus is relaxed.
- The end of the barrel nearest the stock.
