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 People with the surname Ernest R. Breech (1897–1978), American businessman, chairman of Ford Motor Company Jim Breech (born 1956), American football player See also Breach (disambiguation) Breeching (disambiguation)