breastplate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English brestplate, equivalent to breast + plate. Displaced Old English brēostbeorg.
Base: breast
Inflected forms:
form: breastplates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A piece of armor that covers the chest.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of armor that covers the torso; a cuirass, the breast- (front) and back-plate, taken together as a unit.
pos: noun
examples: He wears a Thracian-style helmet that protects most of his head and face, and a breastplate or "cuirass" covering his back and chest, both made of bronze.
A massive hand grabbed the back of his breastplate and pulled him back.
gloss: A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
Related words: breastplated
Translations:
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒁍𒅀𒄠
roman: siriam
lang: Albanian
word: tarogzë
lang: Albanian
word: parzmore
lang: Amharic
word: ጥሩር
roman: ṭərur
lang: Aramaic
word: שִׁרְיוֹן
roman: širyōn
lang: Aramaic
word: ܫܪܝܢܐ
roman: šeryānā
lang: Armenian
word: լանջապան
roman: lanǰapan
lang: Belarusian
word: нагруднік
roman: nahrudnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: нагръ́дник
roman: nagrǎ́dnik
lang: Catalan
word: cuirassa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 胸甲
roman: xiōngjiǎ
lang: Czech
word: kyrys
lang: Czech
word: náprsník
lang: Dutch
word: borststuk
lang: Dutch
word: kuras
lang: Esperanto
word: kiraso
lang: Finnish
word: rintahaarniska
lang: Finnish
word: rintapanssari
lang: French
word: cuirasse
lang: French
word: poitrail
lang: French
word: plastron
lang: Galician
word: loriga
lang: Galician
word: coiraza
lang: Ge'ez
word: እንግድኣ
roman: ʾəngədʾa
lang: Ge'ez
word: እንግድዓ
roman: ʾəngədʿa
lang: Georgian
word: გულსაფარი
roman: gulsapari
lang: German
word: Brustschild
lang: German
word: Brustpanzer
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉
roman: brunjō
lang: Greek
word: θώρακας
roman: thórakas
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θώραξ
roman: thṓrax
lang: Hebrew
word: שִׁרְיוֹן
roman: širyōn
lang: Hungarian
word: mellvért
lang: Irish
word: lúireach
lang: Irish
word: scaball
lang: Irish
word: uchtphláta
lang: Italian
word: corazza
lang: Japanese
word: 胸当て
roman: muneate
lang: Japanese
word: 胸甲
roman: kyōkō
lang: Korean
word: 흉갑
roman: hyunggap
lang: Latin
word: lōrīca
lang: Latin
word: pectorāle
lang: Macedonian
word: наградник
roman: nagradnik
lang: Māori
word: pātea
lang: Maranao
word: kama
lang: Occitan
word: coirassa
lang: Polish
word: napierśnik
lang: Polish
word: kirys
lang: Portuguese
word: couraça
lang: Romanian
word: pieptar
lang: Russian
word: нагру́дник
roman: nagrúdnik
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: uchd-aodach
lang: Slovak
word: náprsník
lang: Spanish
word: peto
lang: Swahili
word: kinga ya kifuani
lang: Swedish
word: bröstharnesk
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: گوگسلك
roman: göğüslük
lang: Ukrainian
word: нагру́дник
roman: nahrúdnyk
lang: Vietnamese
word: giáp ngực