a strong leather strap passing round the hindquarters of a horse harnessed to a vehicle and enabling the horse to push backwards

a thick rope used to secure the carriage of a cannon on a ship and to absorb the force of the recoil

the hair or wool on the hindquarters of an animal

dress (a boy) in breeches after he had been in petticoats since birth

in those days it wasn't customary to breech a boy until he was about four