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.
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Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured,
and his cracked headpiece mended. --Swift.
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2. A piece against which the workman presses his breast in
operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
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3. A strap that runs across a horse's breast. --Ash.
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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.
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