How to Use breech in a Sentence

breech

noun
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  • The third weapon, the huge gun with the large yellow breech cage, is a M102 howitzer.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2016
  • The sliding breech Darne, made in France since the 1890s, fits the bill perfectly.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The guns are commonly identified by the thick band of iron around the breech (base) of the gun.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Put another way, 1848 was the breech birth of the modern world.
    — James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • When the baby’s bottom or feet are down, this is called breech.
    — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The lever is connected to the breech bolt by a long, wide, curving piece of metal.
    — Bryce M. Towsley, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020
  • In comes the cornet flanked by his right- and left-hand men, all three in ties, top hats, green frocks, breeches and boots.
    — Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • Tie a small rag to one end (or make one out of paracord strands), drop the other end down the breech and through the muzzle, and pull through.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Out of sight, the gunner fires the gun and the breech block slides backward—straight toward the camera—ejecting the casing.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2015
  • The baby was breech, which upped the anguish and the risk during delivery.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • Snick that little bottom lever and feel the silky-smooth breech block drop down to expose the dark chamber.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The first patient was a pregnant woman in distress with a breech birth.
    — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
  • Once the weapon is fired, the belt moves through the machine gun, ejects the spent cartridge case, and a new cartridge is loaded into the weapon’s breech.
    — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
  • Invented in 1934, the Bofors gun is the gun with the red-painted bars extending from the breech.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2016
  • Christine broke open her shotgun and dropped two shells into the breech, preparing to move in and flush the birds.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Vardaman tied her hair back and zipped a pair of fringed black suède chaps over her gray riding breeches.
    — Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 29 May 2019
  • It can also be used to help encourage a breech baby to turn head-down.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Read on to learn more about moxibustion and how it can be used with breech babies.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But in 3 to 4 percent of full-term births, the baby is breech, meaning the buttocks or feet are down toward the cervix instead.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
  • No breech plug and fewer parts means cleaning and maintenance are a breeze.
    — Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The loader grabbed hold of the loader’s hatch, swung his legs forward, and kicked the round in; the breech came up, and the gunner fired a round that destroyed a T-72 tank at very close range.
    — H.r. McMaster, Washington Examiner, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Most artillery shells are sent downrange by the detonation of a propellant charge in the breech of the gun.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022
  • So there was Glen, a veteran road warrior, filling the breech.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The breech was a large block containing 37 separate firing pins, which the cartridge plate attached to the front of.
    — Ian McCollum, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2015
  • One problem with bigger guns: the rounds themselves are too big to be manhandled into the breech.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Their son was in a breech position and the doctor didn’t want to risk complications.
    — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Their son was in a breech position, and the doctor didn’t want to risk complications.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The patient’s waters had broken, the baby’s heartbeat was dropping fast, and the child was in the breech position.
    — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The gentleman who could have walked in from the Scottish moors stepped to the shooting box and dropped two shotshells into the side by side breech of his British hammer gun.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2021
  • Over the previous decades Mrs. Austen had cannibalized her own wedding gown to produce a day dress, a boy’s jacket, and a pair of breeches.
    — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2023

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