Breech

Breech may refer to:

• Breech (firearms), the opening at the rear of a gun barrel where the cartridge is inserted in a breech-loading weapon
• breech, the lower part of a pulley block
• breech, the penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it
• breech birth, when the baby is born feet or bottom first
• breeches, an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down
• buttocks, or breech, the lower part of the human abdomen

• Ernest R. Breech (1897–1978), American businessman, chairman of Ford Motor Company
• Jim Breech (born 1956), American football player

• Breach (disambiguation)
• Breeching (disambiguation)