breastplate
NounUS[brest-pleyt]/ˈbrɛstˌpleɪt/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirassSynonyms: aegisegisType of armor plate, armour plateKinds plastronPart of body armor, body armour
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Breast′plate′ (…), noun
1. A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended.— Jonathan Swift
2. A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
3. A strap that runs across a horse's breast. John Ash
4. Jewish antiquity A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54