- 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. ...
- The rear of the gun. In most 20th century guns, where the shell goes in, hence the name "Breech Loader."
- 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.
- "The rear opening to a barrel, where a paintball enters. The breech is usually sealed by a bolt that pushes the ball into the barrel and seals the breech."
- baby that is positioned with its head-up instead of head-down. Frank breech is butt-first, footling breech is feet first.
- That portion of a gun which contains the action, the trigger or firing mechanism, the magazine, and the chamber portion of the barrel(s). An imprecise term generally including all the essential working parts of a gun.
- The end of a barrel into which a cartridge is inserted.
- The position of the baby in the uterus, where it’s feet or buttocks appear first
- The rear part of a firearm of cannon, at the rear of the bore.
- the term for when a baby enters the birth canal with the buttocks or feet first; can contribute to plagiocephaly in infants
- The buttocks or hind end of the body.
- Where the BB sits immediately before being fired.
- The buttocks. A breech presentation at birth is where the rear portion of the fetus is presented first.
- The end of the gun barrel closest to the shooter at which powder ignition occurs.
- Baby is in a bottom-down position
- when the baby is positioned to come out of the vagina any way but head first.