brave vs breech

brave

adj
  • Foolish or unwise. 

  • Strong in the face of fear; courageous. 

  • Making a fine show or display. 

verb
  • After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform. 

  • To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke. 

breech

adj
  • Born, or having been born, breech. 

adv
  • With the hips coming out before the head. 

noun
  • The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. 

  • A breech birth. 

  • A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. 

  • The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. 

verb
  • To fit or furnish with a breech. 

  • To fasten with breeching. 

How often have the words brave and breech occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )