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How to pronounce breastplate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aegis, egis
Type of armour plate, plate armor, plate armour, armor plating, armor plate
Has types plastron

Examples of breastplate

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A panel, decorated and fringed, comes out from the lower part of the breastplate.
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The flintlock was able to dent but not penetrate the breastplate on its dummy.
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This allowed the breastplate to sit higher, giving me some room to move my arms up.
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The first is a white home jersey with Braves written across the breastplate.
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He constructed a jeweled bikini from a patterned breastplate with a choker.
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Caligula was said to have taken Alexander's breastplate from the tomb for his own use.
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It's a metal waterfall, a breastplate for a giant, completely dwarfing any human viewer.
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Furthermore, these successes are connected with the wearer of this breastplate, Augustus.
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On the breastplate yoke of the horse, the picture is signed and dated.
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More examples
  • Armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
  • A breastplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury, as an item of religious significance, or as an item of status. A breastplate is sometimes worn by mythological beings as a distinctive item of clothing.
  • A breastplate (used interchangeably with breastcollar, breaststrap and breastgirth) is a piece of riding equipment used on horses. Its purpose is to keep the saddle or harness from sliding back.
  • A piece of armor that covers the chest; A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards
  • Armour designed to protect the chest, sometimes permanently attached to a backplate.
  • (1.) That piece of ancient armour that protected the breast. This word is used figuratively in Eph 6:14 and Isa 59:17. (See ARMOUR.) (2.) An ornament covering the breast of the high priest, first mentioned in Exo 25:7. ...
  • Small metal badge worn on a shoulder-belt.
  • Tersely called the "breastplate of righteousness" in Eph. 6:14. Rev. 9:17 likens the breastplates to fire; jacinth--the bluish flame of burning sulfur; and sulfur or brimstone. This combination would symbolize an impregnable righteousness. Rev. ...
  • A set of straps which pass under the horse's chest and prevent the saddle from slipping backward.