noun
Meaning 1
The breastplate of a knight's armour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
poitrine
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpɔɪ.tɹin/ anglicized
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/ˌpwɑˈtɹin/ gallicized
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rhymes with (gallicized) -iːn
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of poitrel (“chest-armor for a horse”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: poitrel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Chest, bosom, especially of a woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2018, Jerome Bixby, Devilish Tales: A collection of droll, teasing and very wicked fantasies, Digital Parchment Press Full red lips and a patrician nose, and a delicately formed but ample poitrine that curled Pierre's hands into iron hooks beneath the counter. "Forgive me, kind sir," she said, in a voice like music in a bedroom, [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French poitrine or a Middle or Old French predecessor.