单词 | breech delivery |
释义 | breech /brēch/noun
ORIGIN: OE brēc, pl of brōc; cf Ger Bruch, Du broek breeched adjective breeching /brichˈing/ noun
Subject to whipping breechˈless adjective Trouserless breech birth or breech delivery noun One in which the buttocks, and sometimes also the feet, of the baby come first breechˈblock noun A part of a breech-loading firearm which is moved to introduce a charge breech delivery see breech birth above. Breeches Bible noun The Geneva Bible (qv), which uses the word ‘breeches' for ‘aprons' in Genesis 3.7 breechˈes-buoy noun A life-saving apparatus enclosing the person like a pair of breeches breeches part or breeches role noun (theatre, opera) A part in which a woman plays a man or boy breechˈ-loader noun A firearm loaded by introducing the charge at the breech instead of the muzzle breechˈ-loading adjective wear the breeches (of the female in a (usu marital) relationship) to be in charge |
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