Word Meanings - BREASTPIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.

• Breastplow
  Alt. of Breastplough
• Ornamentally
  By way of ornament.
• Breastplough
  A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
• Ornamentation
  The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.
• Breastrail
  The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.
• Ornamenter
  One who ornaments; a decorator.
• Breastrope
  See Breastband.
• Breastsummer
  A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows.
• Breastwheel
  A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on th
• BREASTPLOWBREASTPLOUGH
  A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
• Breastbeam
  The front transverse beam of a locomotive.
• Breastwork
  A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
• Breastbone
  The bone of the breast; the sternum.

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