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.
With the hips coming out before the head.
To fit or furnish with a breech.
To fasten with breeching.
Born, or having been born, breech.
The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
A bird, the black tern.
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
The hinder part of anything.
The post of management or direction.
Grim and forbidding in appearance.
Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.