breastplate
Noun
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Noun
breastplate (plural breastplates)
- A piece of armor that covers the chest.
- 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.
- (Judaism) 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.
- French: cuirasse, poitrail, plastron
- German: Brustschild, Brustpanzer
- Italian: corazza
- Portuguese: couraça
- Russian: нагру́дник
- Spanish: peto
- French: poitrail
- German: Brustriemen, Vorderzeug
- Italian: pettorale
- Russian: нагру́дник
- Spanish: petral
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