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breech

[breech, breech, brich] / britʃ, britʃ, brɪtʃ /


NOUN
rear end
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In a police report reviewed by The Times, the patient described going to a gynecologist in 2020 to have him “flip” a breech baby.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2024

Without that, the world will breech the threshold of 1.5C that was established in the Paris Agreement in 2015.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

A mother has been reunited with the medics dispatched to her home when she started to deliver her breech baby.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023

In a quick response, the U.S. team member told the Ukrainian to remove the gun’s breech at the rear of the howitzer and manually prime the firing pin so the gun could fire.

From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2023

But his dismissive posture toward the rupture in the friendship—what breech and what betrayal?—was obviously only a bravado pose.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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