Found 2 items, similar to Breastplate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: breastplate breastplate n : armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass [syn: aegis, egis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Breastplate Breastplate \Breast"plate`\, n. 1. A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor. [1913 Webster] Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool. [1913 Webster] 3. A strap that runs across a horse's breast. --Ash. [1913 Webster] 4. (Jewish Antiq.) 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. [1913 Webster]