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Breastplate

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Breastplate meaning

A piece of armor that covers the chest. | A piece of armor that covers the torso; a cuirass, the breast- (front) and back-plate, taken together as a unit. | A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

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Example sentences (13)

The Imperial Sovereign set rocks gold-plated armor from helmet to breastplate to golden-tipped shoes.

There was fringe and snakeskin and the occasional breastplate — the potent mix of sex and power and self-aware shtick that emerged from Halston and Saint Laurent antecedents and defined his aesthetic.

Almost seven feet tall, the emperor is represented with an arresting beauty, the breastplate depicting his diplomatic and military victories that resulted in Pax Romana,and symbols associated with Venus and Mars that conflate Augustus with divinity.

The book’s two volumes describe the materials and functions of the priestly garments and precious stone-studded breastplate, and are illustrated by the famous Dutch engraver and mapmaker Bastiaan Stoopendaal.

The (fixing) of the snake would be accomplished in the third temple by way of the breastplate.

A breastplate is added, usually attached to the front billet.

A standing martingale must be used: so, a breastplate is a necessity for safety.

Caligula was said to have taken Alexander's breastplate from the tomb for his own use.

However, Zeus is normally portrayed in classical sculpture holding a thunderbolt or lightning, bearing neither a shield nor a breastplate.

The event was celebrated in art such as the breastplate design on the statue Augustus of Prima Porta and in monuments such as the Temple of Mars Ultor (' Mars the Avenger ') built to house the standards.

The jersey has "Braves" written in script across the breastplate with the tomahawk logo underneath.

The second infantry line, however, wore a lighter coat of mail rather than a solid brass breastplate.

Worn with the gray road pants, the jerseys feature the "Atlanta" script on the breastplate in navy blue with a white outline.