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

People with the surname

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