Word Meanings - PARTLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff.

• Breastknot
  A knot of ribbons worn on the breast.
• Breastpin
  A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.
• COVERCROP
  A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring.
• Breastplate
  A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
• Cover-point
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• COVERPOINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• Breastplow
  Alt. of Breastplough
• Coversed sine
  The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
• COVERSEDSINE
  The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
• Aloneness
  A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.
• Breastplough
  A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
• Cover-shame
  Something used to conceal infamy.
• COVERSHAME
  Something used to conceal infamy. [Obs.] Dryden.
• Breastrail
  The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.

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