About The Word Breastplate
Learn about the word Breastplate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Breastplate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Breastplate
| Breastplate Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Breastplate?
[n] armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
Synonyms | Synonyms for Breastplate: aegis | egis Related Terms | Find terms related to Breastplate: See Also | armor plate | armor plating | armour plate | body armor | body armour | cataphract | coat of mail | plate armor | plate armour | suit of armor | suit of armour Breastplate In Webster's Dictionary \Breast"plate`\, n.
1. A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured,
and his cracked headpiece mended. --Swift.
2. A piece against which the workman presses his breast in
operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
3. A strap that runs across a horse's breast. --Ash.
4. (Jewish Antiq.) A part of the vestment of the high priest,
worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of
richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve
precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the
twelve tribes of Israel. See {Ephod}.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Untactful ‐ lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate…
- Three-fourths ‐ three of four equal parts; "three-fourths…
- Triclinic ‐ (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting…
- Hydrolith ‐ a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and…
- Whip snake ‐ any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike…
- Good(p) ‐ feeling healthy and free of aches and pains; "I…
- Tic ‐ a local and habitual twitching especially…
- Field line ‐ an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line…
- Impale ‐ pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"…
- Charles louis de secondat ‐ French political philosopher who advocated the separation of…