SYN: buttocks. [A.S. brec]
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breech 'brēch n
1) the hind end of the body: BUTTOCKS
2) BREECH PRESENTATION also a fetus that is presented at the uterine cervix buttocks or legs first
breech adv in the manner of a breech delivery or breech presentation <her children were born \breech (Laura Cunningham)> <the baby birthed \breech (Jayne Anne Phillips)>
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(brēch) buttocks (nates [TA]).Medical dictionary. 2011.