Breech

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Breech may refer to:

• Breeches, certain types of trousers; this term is older than the derived meaning 'buttock' of the word breech
• In a breech-loading weapon, the breech refers to the rear portion of the barrel which opens for ammunition loading, as well as the system used to load the round.
• Buttocks, the lower part of the human abdomen
• A breech birth
• The lower part of a pulley block
• The penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it

[edit] See also

• Breeching (disambiguation)
• Breach

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