Thesaurus: breastplate

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1. n. A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
2. n. A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
3. n. A strap that runs across a horse's breast.
4. n. 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.
5. n. armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
6. 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.
7. A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the frontof the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, aspan square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engravedthe names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.
8. n:100 n. armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass