Word Meanings - BREASTPLATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

• BREASTDEEP
  Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. See him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. Shak.
• Breastband
  A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.
• 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
• Covertness
  Secrecy; privacy.
• Metaleptical
  Metaleptic.
• Metallographic
  Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography.
• Plateaux
  of Plateau
• BREASTHIGH
  High as the breast.
• Breastbeam
  The front transverse beam of a locomotive.
• Breastwork
  A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
• Coverture
  Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
• Metallic
  Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.
• Metallographist
  One who writes on the subject of metals.
• Plateaus
  of Plateau
• BREASTPLOWBREASTPLOUGH
  A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
• Breastbone
  The bone of the breast; the sternum.
• Defensive
  Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.

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