Both Uses
breech
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I Heard the Owl Call My Name
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- But this was a breech birth.†
Chpt 2.11 *
- For the first time since the death of the woman by breech birth, it seemed to him that again the dark eyes watched him cautiously.†
Chpt 4.19
Definitions:
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(1)
(breech) rear
Most commonly used today in the phrase breech birth in reference to a baby who comes out of the birth canal butt-first rather than head-first.More-archaic senses seen in classic literature include:- breechcloth -- a form of loincloth consisting in a strip of material passed between the thighs and held up in front and behind by a belt or string
- breeches -- pants
- a cannon's breech -- the rear of a gun
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely,
breech can refer to the lower part of a pulley block.