noun
Meaning 1
A piece of armor that covers the chest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chestplate
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
breastplate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbɹɛstˌpleɪt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A piece of armor that covers the torso; a cuirass, the breast- (front) and back-plate, taken together as a unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breastcollar, breaststrap, breastgirth
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aegis, egis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour
Narrower terms: plastron
History
Etymology
From Middle English brestplate, equivalent to breast + plate. Displaced Old English brēostbeorg.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Akkadian: 𒁍𒅀𒄠 (siriam) — armor
- Albanian: tarogzë — armor
- Albanian: parzmore — armor
- Amharic: ጥሩር (ṭərur) — armor
- Aramaic: שִׁרְיוֹן (širyōn) — armor
- Aramaic: ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānā) — armor
- Armenian: լանջապան (lanǰapan) — armor
- Belarusian: нагруднік (nahrudnik) — armor
- Bulgarian: нагръ́дник (nagrǎ́dnik) — armor
- Catalan: cuirassa — armor
- Chinese Mandarin: 胸甲 (xiōngjiǎ) — armor
- Czech: kyrys — armor
- Czech: náprsník — armor
- Dutch: borststuk — armor
- Dutch: kuras — armor
- Esperanto: kiraso — armor
- Finnish: rintahaarniska — armor
- Finnish: rintapanssari — armor
- French: cuirasse — armor
- French: poitrail — armor
- French: plastron — armor
- Galician: loriga — armor
- Galician: coiraza — armor
- Ge'ez: እንግድኣ (ʾəngədʾa) — armor
- Ge'ez: እንግድዓ (ʾəngədʿa) — armor
- Georgian: გულსაფარი (gulsapari) — armor
- German: Brustschild — armor
- German: Brustpanzer — armor
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō) — armor
- Greek: θώρακας (thórakas) — armor
- Ancient Greek: θώραξ (thṓrax) — armor
- Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן (širyōn) — armor
- Hungarian: mellvért — armor
- Irish: lúireach — armor
- Irish: scaball — armor
- Irish: uchtphláta — armor
- Italian: corazza — armor
- Japanese: 胸当て (muneate) — armor
- Japanese: 胸甲 (kyōkō) — armor
- Korean: 흉갑 (hyunggap) — armor
- Latin: lōrīca — armor
- Latin: pectorāle — armor
- Macedonian: наградник (nagradnik) — armor
- Māori: pātea — armor
- Maranao: kama — armor
- Occitan: coirassa — armor
- Polish: napierśnik — armor
- Polish: kirys — armor
- Portuguese: couraça — armor
- Romanian: pieptar — armor
- Russian: нагру́дник (nagrúdnik) — armor
- Scottish Gaelic: uchd-aodach — armor
- Slovak: náprsník — armor
- Spanish: peto — armor
- Swahili: kinga ya kifuani — armor
- Swedish: bröstharnesk — armor
- Ottoman Turkish: گوگسلك (göğüslük) — armor
- Ukrainian: нагру́дник (nahrúdnyk) — armor
- Vietnamese: giáp ngực — armor
- Amharic: ኣምበል (ʾambäl) — horse tack
- Arabic: لَبَب (labab) — horse tack
- Catalan: pitral — horse tack
- Catalan: petral — horse tack
- Finnish: rintahihna — horse tack
- Finnish: rintaremmi — horse tack
- French: poitrail — horse tack
- Ge'ez: መጉላዕ (mägulaʿ) — horse tack
- Ge'ez: ሕንባል (ḥənbal) — horse tack
- German: Brustriemen — horse tack
- German: Vorderzeug — horse tack
- Ancient Greek: στηθόδεσμος (stēthódesmos) — horse tack
- Ancient Greek: στηθοδέσμη (stēthodésmē) — horse tack
- Ancient Greek: λέπαδνον (lépadnon) — horse tack
- Ancient Greek: λέπαμνον (lépamnon) — horse tack
- Hungarian: szügyelő — horse tack
- Italian: pettorale — horse tack
- Latin: antilēna — horse tack
- Latin: pectorāle — horse tack
- Macedonian: наградник (nagradnik) — horse tack
- Persian: سینهبند (sine-bend) — horse tack
- Persian: سینهپوش (sine-puš) — horse tack
- Polish: podpierśnik — horse tack
- Polish: podpiersie — horse tack
- Polish: podpiersień — horse tack
- Russian: нагру́дник (nagrúdnik) — horse tack
- Spanish: petral — horse tack
- Swedish: förbygel — horse tack
- Turkish: göğüslük — horse tack
- Ottoman Turkish: گوگسلك (göğüslük) — horse tack
- Ukrainian: підгру́ддя (pidhrúddja) — horse tack
- Ukrainian: підго́рля (pidhórlja) — horse tack
- Ukrainian: підго́рлина (pidhórlyna) — horse tack
- Ukrainian: підгру́дник (pidhrúdnyk) — horse tack
- Ukrainian: во́ло (vólo) — horse tack
- Ukrainian: підши́йок (pidšýjok) — horse tack
- Polish: piersi silikonowe — silicone in the shape of women's breasts
- Dutch: borstplaat — on breast of Jewish high priest
- Hebrew: חשֶׁן (ḥóshen) — on breast of Jewish high priest
- Polish: pektorał — on breast of Jewish high priest