Get to know Breastplates better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning.
Breastplates meaning
plural of breastplate
Using Breastplates
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of breastplate
Context around Breastplates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Breastplates
- In this selection, "breastplates" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, leather, steel, linen and wielding stand out and add context to how "breastplates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and leather breastplates wielding plastic and breastplates also are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "breastplates" sits close to words such as aad, aaro and abdali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with breastplates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Breastplates and open front boots are usually worn. (8 words)
In later periods, linen breastplates called linothorax were used, as they were tougher and cheaper to make. (17 words)
Breastplates also are common, used to keep the saddle in place as the horse goes over large fences. (18 words)
One of the measures is a permanent ban on modern-day centurions – men who dress up in tunics and leather breastplates, wielding plastic swords – and make money by posing for photos. (31 words)
Though he sent breastplates to Agamemnon and promised to send 50 ships, he sent only one real ship, led by the son of Mygdalion, and 49 ships made of clay. (30 words)
Clifford Rogers has argued that while longbows might not have been able to penetrate steel breastplates at Agincourt they could still penetrate the thinner armour on the limbs. (28 words)
Example sentences (7)
One of the measures is a permanent ban on modern-day centurions – men who dress up in tunics and leather breastplates, wielding plastic swords – and make money by posing for photos.
Breastplates also are common, used to keep the saddle in place as the horse goes over large fences.
Breastplates and open front boots are usually worn.
Breastplates are also fairly common in dressage at an event, despite the fact that they are not seen at regular dressage shows.
Clifford Rogers has argued that while longbows might not have been able to penetrate steel breastplates at Agincourt they could still penetrate the thinner armour on the limbs.
In later periods, linen breastplates called linothorax were used, as they were tougher and cheaper to make.
Though he sent breastplates to Agamemnon and promised to send 50 ships, he sent only one real ship, led by the son of Mygdalion, and 49 ships made of clay.