| 单词 | breast guard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreast guard breast guard n. (a) a piece of armour or other protective equipment for the chest; (b) a parapet (rare). [In sense (b) only as a literal translation from another language, respectively Italian parapetto (see parapet n.) and German Brustwehr (Old High German prustwerī , Middle High German brustwer ; < brust breast + werī defence: see Reichswehr n.).] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > armour for front of body > breast-plate breastplate1358 breastc1380 stomacher1450 vumbard1464 plastron1507 grand guard1548 vantguard1561 breast guard1578 breasting1579 pectoral1656 mamelière1824 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet parapet1575 breast guard1840 1578 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 281 A budged, j. male pinyen, and a brestgard, ij s. 1829 J. Pardoe Lord Morcar of Hereward IV. ii. 20 Now would I wage my trusty breast-guard..that you have parted coldly with the knight, De Lacy. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 241/1 Parapet..is termed in German Brustwehr, or breast-guard. 1998 D. Bennett Conquerors iii. 27 Over this early form of mail often went a large, flat, circular breast guard bearing the face of a lion, a hero, or the sun. 2010 N. White et al. AIA Guide to N.Y. City (ed. 5) p. xx Parapet, the wall around a building's roof (literally a ‘breast guard’). < as lemmas |
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