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# breech

noun (breeches for the old plural)

«breech» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The breech of a gun is the back end, where the shell or bullet is loaded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breech/#m1)
2. (old use) A breech is an old form of breeches, short trousers. In old stories «Cinder-breech» is a rude name for a dirty, ragged servant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breech/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old stories, a rude name for a dirty servant; in gun talk, the back end of a gun

### Examples

- "Thou art in the right of it," they replied, "it would make people laugh to see a Cinder-breech at a ball." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breech/#x1)
- "I'm the breech-piece mule of number two gun," said the mule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breech/#x2)
- The soldiers cleaned the breech of the gun before firing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breech/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «breech» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breech/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«breech» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/breech.html) on Mova free.