Meanings
plural breastplates
- A piece of armor that covers the chest.
Synonyms: chestplate
- A piece of armor that covers the torso; a cuirass, the breast- (front) and back-plate, taken together as a unit.
A massive hand grabbed the back of his breastplate and pulled him back.
2011, Tracy Hickman, Song of the Dragon, page 411 more example
He wears a Thracian-style helmet that protects most of his head and face, and a breastplate or "cuirass" covering his back and chest, both made of bronze.
2002, Bruce LaFontaine, Warriors Through the Ages, page 6 - A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
Synonyms: breastcollar, breaststrap, breastgirth
- A piece of silicone in the shape of women's breasts worn by drag queens and other female impersonators to simulate a female body shape.
- JudaismAn embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of armor that covers the chest.
nounA piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
More synonyms by meaning
nounarmor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishbrestplate
- Englishbreastplate
From Middle English brestplate, equivalent to breast + plate. Displaced Old English brēostbeorg.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek στηθόδεσμος, στηθοδέσμη
- στηθόδεσμος (stēthódesmos)horse tack
- στηθοδέσμη (stēthodésmē)horse tack
- λέπαδνον (lépadnon)horse tack
- λέπαμνον (lépamnon)horse tack
- θώραξ (thṓrax)armor
Arabic لَبَب
- لَبَب (labab)horse tack
Bulgarian нагръ́дник
- нагръ́дник (nagrắdnik)armor
Catalan pitral, petral
- pitralhorse tack
- petralhorse tack
- cuirassaarmor
Chinese Mandarin 胸甲
- 胸甲 (xiōngjiǎ)armor
Czech kyrys, náprsník
- kyrysarmor
- náprsníkarmor
Dutch borstplaat, borststuk
- borstplaaton breast of Jewish high priest
- borststukarmor
- kurasarmor
Esperanto kiraso
- kirasoarmor
Finnish rintahihna, rintaremmi
- rintahihnahorse tack
- rintaremmihorse tack
- rintahaarniskaarmor
- rintapanssariarmor
French poitrail, cuirasse
- poitrailhorse tack
- cuirassearmor
- poitrailarmor
- plastronarmor
German Brustriemen, Vorderzeug
- Brustriemenhorse tack
- Vorderzeughorse tack
- Brustschildarmor
- Brustpanzerarmor
Greek θώρακας
- θώρακας (thórakas)armor
Hebrew חשֶׁן, שִׁרְיוֹן
- חשֶׁן (ḥóshen)on breast of Jewish high priest
- שִׁרְיוֹן (širyōn)armor
Hungarian szügyelő, mellvért
- szügyelőhorse tack
- mellvértarmor
Irish lúireach, scaball
- lúireacharmor
- scaballarmor
- uchtphlátaarmor
Italian pettorale, corazza
- pettoralehorse tack
- corazzaarmor
Japanese 胸当て, 胸甲
- 胸当て (muneate)armor
- 胸甲 (kyōkō)armor
Korean 흉갑
- 흉갑 (hyunggap)armor
Latin antilēna, pectorāle
- antilēnahorse tack
- pectorālehorse tack
- lōrīcaarmor
- pectorālearmor
Māori pātea
- pāteaarmor
Persian سینهبند, سینهپوش
- سینهبند (sine-bend)horse tack
- سینهپوش (sine-puš)horse tack
Polish podpierśnik, podpiersie
- podpierśnikhorse tack
- podpiersiehorse tack
- podpiersieńhorse tack
- piersi silikonowesilicone in the shape of women's breasts
- pektorałon breast of Jewish high priest
- napierśnikarmor
- kirysarmor
Portuguese couraça
- couraçaarmor
Romanian pieptar
- pieptararmor
Russian нагру́дник, нагру́дник
- нагру́дник (nagrúdnik)horse tack
- нагру́дник (nagrúdnik)armor
Scottish Gaelic uchd-aodach
- uchd-aodacharmor
Slovak náprsník
- náprsníkarmor
Spanish petral, peto
- petralhorse tack
- petoarmor
Swahili kinga ya kifuani
- kinga ya kifuaniarmor
Swedish förbygel, bröstharnesk
- förbygelhorse tack
- bröstharneskarmor
Turkish göğüslük
- göğüslükhorse tack
Ukrainian підгру́ддя, підго́рля
- підгру́ддя (pidhrúddja)horse tack
- підго́рля (pidhórlja)horse tack
- підго́рлина (pidhórlyna)horse tack
- підгру́дник (pidhrúdnyk)horse tack
- во́ло (vólo)horse tack
- підши́йок (pidšýjok)horse tack
- нагру́дник (nahrúdnyk)armor
Vietnamese giáp ngực
- giáp ngựcarmor
Cite this entry
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