breastplaten.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛs(t)pleɪt/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛs(t)ˌpleɪt/

Forms: see breast n. and plate n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., plate n.

Etymology: < breast n. + plate n.

a. A piece of armour (esp. metal plate armour) that protects the chest. Cf. plate n. 9a. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1535 figurative.

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

1358 in M. C. B. Dawes Reg. Black Prince (1933) IV. 247 (MED) Brestplate.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (1868) l. 2120 Som wol ben armed in an haubergeon And in a Brestplate [c1405 Ellesmere And in bristplate].

?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 485 (MED) His horse was founde with his breste plate and gantelettes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eph. vi. B Hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 62 Sword, Shield, Helmet, Breastplate .

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxxii. 267 A lance's point Has found his breast-plate's loosen'd joint.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 553 Shock Troops, troops especially selected for assault work. They usually wear steel breastplates and other protection strong enough to turn a bullet at 50 or 60 feet.

2012 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 70 17/1 The breastplate's steel surface is worked in high relief with a symmetrical design of acanthus foliage.

b. A metal plate worn on the chest, esp. as decoration.

ΚΠ

1747 C. Colden in Papers 157 in Hist. Five Nations of Canada His Excellency gave..to the Leader a fine laced Coat and Hat, and a silver Breast-Plate.

1765 H. Timberlake Mem. 50 They that can afford it wear a collar of wampum,..a silver breast-plate, and bracelets on their arms and wrists of the same metal.

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 11 The breast-plate..with a little steel boss in the centre and straps attached to fasten it over the workman's belly.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 May 15/4 The breastplate of 19th-century Aboriginal leader King Billy Jagar was handed back yesterday in Cairns to King Billy's descendants.

2. A folded piece of embroidered linen adorned with twelve precious stones representing the twelve Tribes of Israel, which was worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest. Cf. pectoral n. 2a, rationale n.¹ 1.See Exodus 28:15–29, 39:8–21, in which this piece of linen is described.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > sartorial appurtenances > [noun] > rational > Jewish

rationaleeOE

breast broocha1382

pectoral?a1439

breast-flap1530

breast lap1530

breastplate1567

oracle1743

1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iv. viii. f. 465 The thing that was signified by Vrim and Thunim set in the brestplate of the high priest, that is, light and perfection..remaine now in our high priest aswel as they did then remaine in the high priest of the olde Testament.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 598 The Twelve that shon In Aarons Brest-plate .

1745 E. Young Consolation 53 The Breast-plate of the true High-Priest, Ardent with Gems oracular, that give, In Points of highest Moment, right Response.

1922 People's Home Jrnl. July 34/2 Filling the first place in the breast plate of the Hebrew high priest stands the sardius, or ruby.

2013 R. J. McKelvey Pioneer & Priest viii. 104 Every time the high priest entered the holy of holies he carried with him the names of God's people, engraved on the precious stones on his breast-plate.

3. In various technical uses.

a. A piece of harness passing across the chest of an animal; spec. a strap or set of straps attached to the girths and passing around the chest of a horse or other riding animal from one side of the saddle to the other, so as to prevent the saddle from slipping back.breast collar, breast-girth, breast strap: see breast n. Compounds 1c.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > straps

lorainc1290

lingel1460

breeching1515

breastplate1578

martingale1584

rudstay1688

running martingale1747

breastband1783

breast collar1789

rump band1844

check-strap1857

kicking-strap1861

point1875

strapping1882

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 126 He put all his men in good order, and commaunded the Horsemenne to decke the brest plates of hys Horses with belles.

c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses viii. 127 I have seen Horses sometimes gall'd and fretted, by buckling their Breast-plates too tight.

1860 F. B. Head Horse & his Rider 123 In ascending an acclivity the saddle slips backwards until it is retained by the breast-plate.

1927 Country Life 7 May 734/1 The rider can steady himself by a hold on the breastplate or mane should the horse make unexpected movements.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. e37 A silver bridle paved with tiny jade animals; a crupper and breastplate of the same materials; silver saddle flaps painted with peacocks.

b. Agriculture. The mouldboard of a plough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > mouldboard

reesteOE

shield-boardc1325

mouldbred1343

mouldboard1394

fenbrede?1523

breastboard1652

breastplate1652

earthboard1652

furrow-board1652

wrest1652

throwboard1725

ear1759

plat1765

mould-iron1807

turn-furrow1810

mould1859

moulding board1864

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 191 [Parts of a Plough.] 1 the Share, 2 the Coulter, 3 the Shield or Breast-plate (as some call them) Shivers.

1770 C. Varlo New Syst. Husbandry I. 68 This is to go into a long nick, made in the breast plate of the plough.

1865 Cultivator (Albany, N.Y.) Dec. 369/2 By removing the wings and breast-plate in front, a coulter is attached for rooting out quack, depositing it behind the plow.

1999 L. Makkai in S. Clark Annales School: Crit. Assessm. III. lvi. 210 The ‘transmission gears’ which made possible putting to work various sources of energy, or which increased their efficiency (e.g., the stirrup and breast harness for horses, the breastplate of the plough, [etc.]).

†c. Architecture. A horizontal load-bearing beam forming part of the wall of a building. Cf. breast beam n. 3, plate n. 12. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of

pan1284

balka1300

lacec1330

pautre1360

dorman1374

rib1378

montant1438

dormant?1454

transom1487

ground-pillar?a1500

barge-couple1562

spar foot1579

frankpost1587

tracing1601

sleeper1607

bressumer1611

master-beam1611

muntin1611

discharge1620

dormer1623

mounting post1629

tassel1632

baufrey1640

pier1663

storey post1663

breastplate?1667

mudsill1685

template1700

brow-post1706

brow-stone1761

runner1772

stretching beam1776

pole plate1787

sabliere1800

frame stud1803

bent1815

mounting1819

bond-timber1823

storey rod1823

wall-hold1833

wall-strap1833

truss-block1883

sleeper-beam1937

shell1952

?1667 S. Primatt City & Country Purchaser & Builder 59 Summers, Brest-plates, with Joysts, Rafters, and Window-frames.

d. Mechanics. The plate in which the butt end of a breast drill is inserted, and against which pressure is applied by the chest of the user.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > breast-drills > part of

breastplate1678

conscience1856

palette1875

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 7 The Drill-plate or Breast-plate..hath an hole punched a little way into it to set the blunt end of the shank of the Drill in.

1833 Trans. Soc. Encouragem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce 49 144 In the common hand-drill, the breast-plate by which the instrument is supported is a mere loose plate, the unsteadiness of which is very annoying when fine work is in hand.

1913 Automobile Jrnl. 25 Jan. 92/2 The drill weighs about seven pounds, is about 10 inches in height from breast plate to the end of the chuck, and consumes approximately 170 watts at full load.

2010 W. Szykitka Big Bk. Self Reliant Living (ed. 2) v. 566/1 When drilling a horizontal hole, apply feed pressure by resting your body against the breast plate.

e. An inscription plate on the lid of a coffin.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > inscribed tablet, slab, or plate

tableOE

tabletc1350

titlea1382

tablature1578

aback1592

plate1668

breastplate1773

stela1776

stele1820

brass plate1836

palimpsest1876

plaque1922

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > plate on

breastplate1773

1773 L. T. Nyberg in tr. A. G. Spangenberg Life N. Lewis II. iv. 107 Eleonore Magdalene Theresia, comfort to the Emperor Leopold, had ordered this inscription to be engraven on the breast-plate of her coffin: Mary Magdalene Theresia, a poor sinner.

1864 Derby Mercury 7 Dec. The outer shell of the coffin was of oak..upon the breast-plate was an inscription recording the name and age of the deceased.

2018 Tel. & Argus (Bradford) (Nexis) 16 July He was buried..in a polished oak coffin fitted with brass furnishings and a breastplate bearing the inscription: ‘Thomas Shields born March 23rd 1832, died October 23rd 1887’.

4. Zoology.

a. The ventral part (plastron) of the shell of a tortoise or turtle. Cf. breast shell n. (a) at breast n. Compounds 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > member of > parts of > shell or parts of

shell1542

tortoiseshell1601

breastplate1698

plastron1831

hyposternal1835

neural plate1849

nuchal1864

hypoplastron1871

medullary plate1879

neural1888

neural bone1889

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia Index Explanatory p. iii Calapee, the Breast-plate of the Tortoise.

1733 V. La Chapelle Mod. Cook II. x. 263 Take off from the Breast-plate of your Tortoise a little Skin.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xix. 459 We lived entirely upon tortoise-meat. The breastplate roasted..with the flesh attached to it, is very good.

1930 Sci. News Let. 29 Mar. 206/3 The fish..attaches itself to the breastplate of the turtle with an unbreakable suction-grip.

2016 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Oct. He showed the partyroom a photo..of a green sea turtle lying upside down on a beach, its flippers cut off and its breast plate removed, its innards exposed.

b. The sternum of an insect or other arthropod. See sternum n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > member of (butterfly) > parts of > plate covering lower side

breastplate1746

1746 G. Adams Micrographia Illustrata xviii. 80 This Gnat..differs from the former in Shape..: Its Wings were larger..; its Thorax not much unlike that of the other, having a strong rigid back Piece and Breast Plate.

1813 tr. G. H. von Langsdorff Voy. & Trav. I. ii. 74 A butterfly..through a very remarkable opening in the breast-plate emitted a great quantity of a sort of froth.

1862 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 1 120 The middle triangle of the breast-plate has the same granulations.

1929 E. G. Reinhard Witchery of Wasps iii. 49 Recurving her needle-tipped abdomen, the wasp feels with it for a spot in the breastplate of the cicada.

1981 G. Zappler tr. G. Scherer Insects etc. 107/1 Native Indians wear these bees as jewelry, using only the polished, iridescent breastplate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breastplate
释义	breastplaten. Brit. /ˈbrɛs(t)pleɪt/, U.S. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌpleɪt/ Forms: see breast n. and plate n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., plate n. Etymology: < breast n. + plate n. 1. a. A piece of armour (esp. metal plate armour) that protects the chest. Cf. plate n. 9a. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1535 figurative. 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 1358 in M. C. B. Dawes Reg. Black Prince (1933) IV. 247 (MED) Brestplate. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (1868) l. 2120 Som wol ben armed in an haubergeon And in a Brestplate [c1405 Ellesmere And in bristplate]. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 485 (MED) His horse was founde with his breste plate and gantelettes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eph. vi. B Hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 62 Sword, Shield, Helmet, Breastplate . View more context for this quotation 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxxii. 267 A lance's point Has found his breast-plate's loosen'd joint. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 553 Shock Troops, troops especially selected for assault work. They usually wear steel breastplates and other protection strong enough to turn a bullet at 50 or 60 feet. 2012 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 70 17/1 The breastplate's steel surface is worked in high relief with a symmetrical design of acanthus foliage. b. A metal plate worn on the chest, esp. as decoration. ΚΠ 1747 C. Colden in Papers 157 in Hist. Five Nations of Canada His Excellency gave..to the Leader a fine laced Coat and Hat, and a silver Breast-Plate. 1765 H. Timberlake Mem. 50 They that can afford it wear a collar of wampum,..a silver breast-plate, and bracelets on their arms and wrists of the same metal. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 11 The breast-plate..with a little steel boss in the centre and straps attached to fasten it over the workman's belly. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 May 15/4 The breastplate of 19th-century Aboriginal leader King Billy Jagar was handed back yesterday in Cairns to King Billy's descendants. 2. A folded piece of embroidered linen adorned with twelve precious stones representing the twelve Tribes of Israel, which was worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest. Cf. pectoral n. 2a, rationale n.¹ 1.See Exodus 28:15–29, 39:8–21, in which this piece of linen is described. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > sartorial appurtenances > [noun] > rational > Jewish rationaleeOE breast broocha1382 pectoral?a1439 breast-flap1530 breast lap1530 breastplate1567 oracle1743 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iv. viii. f. 465 The thing that was signified by Vrim and Thunim set in the brestplate of the high priest, that is, light and perfection..remaine now in our high priest aswel as they did then remaine in the high priest of the olde Testament. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 598 The Twelve that shon In Aarons Brest-plate . View more context for this quotation 1745 E. Young Consolation 53 The Breast-plate of the true High-Priest, Ardent with Gems oracular, that give, In Points of highest Moment, right Response. 1922 People's Home Jrnl. July 34/2 Filling the first place in the breast plate of the Hebrew high priest stands the sardius, or ruby. 2013 R. J. McKelvey Pioneer & Priest viii. 104 Every time the high priest entered the holy of holies he carried with him the names of God's people, engraved on the precious stones on his breast-plate. 3. In various technical uses. a. A piece of harness passing across the chest of an animal; spec. a strap or set of straps attached to the girths and passing around the chest of a horse or other riding animal from one side of the saddle to the other, so as to prevent the saddle from slipping back.breast collar, breast-girth, breast strap: see breast n. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > straps lorainc1290 lingel1460 breeching1515 breastplate1578 martingale1584 rudstay1688 running martingale1747 breastband1783 breast collar1789 rump band1844 check-strap1857 kicking-strap1861 point1875 strapping1882 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 126 He put all his men in good order, and commaunded the Horsemenne to decke the brest plates of hys Horses with belles. c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses viii. 127 I have seen Horses sometimes gall'd and fretted, by buckling their Breast-plates too tight. 1860 F. B. Head Horse & his Rider 123 In ascending an acclivity the saddle slips backwards until it is retained by the breast-plate. 1927 Country Life 7 May 734/1 The rider can steady himself by a hold on the breastplate or mane should the horse make unexpected movements. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. e37 A silver bridle paved with tiny jade animals; a crupper and breastplate of the same materials; silver saddle flaps painted with peacocks. b. Agriculture. The mouldboard of a plough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > mouldboard reesteOE shield-boardc1325 mouldbred1343 mouldboard1394 fenbrede?1523 breastboard1652 breastplate1652 earthboard1652 furrow-board1652 wrest1652 throwboard1725 ear1759 plat1765 mould-iron1807 turn-furrow1810 mould1859 moulding board1864 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 191 [Parts of a Plough.] 1 the Share, 2 the Coulter, 3 the Shield or Breast-plate (as some call them) Shivers. 1770 C. Varlo New Syst. Husbandry I. 68 This is to go into a long nick, made in the breast plate of the plough. 1865 Cultivator (Albany, N.Y.) Dec. 369/2 By removing the wings and breast-plate in front, a coulter is attached for rooting out quack, depositing it behind the plow. 1999 L. Makkai in S. Clark Annales School: Crit. Assessm. III. lvi. 210 The ‘transmission gears’ which made possible putting to work various sources of energy, or which increased their efficiency (e.g., the stirrup and breast harness for horses, the breastplate of the plough, [etc.]). †c. Architecture. A horizontal load-bearing beam forming part of the wall of a building. Cf. breast beam n. 3, plate n. 12. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of pan1284 balka1300 lacec1330 pautre1360 dorman1374 rib1378 montant1438 dormant?1454 transom1487 ground-pillar?a1500 barge-couple1562 spar foot1579 frankpost1587 tracing1601 sleeper1607 bressumer1611 master-beam1611 muntin1611 discharge1620 dormer1623 mounting post1629 tassel1632 baufrey1640 pier1663 storey post1663 breastplate?1667 mudsill1685 template1700 brow-post1706 brow-stone1761 runner1772 stretching beam1776 pole plate1787 sabliere1800 frame stud1803 bent1815 mounting1819 bond-timber1823 storey rod1823 wall-hold1833 wall-strap1833 truss-block1883 sleeper-beam1937 shell1952 ?1667 S. Primatt City & Country Purchaser & Builder 59 Summers, Brest-plates, with Joysts, Rafters, and Window-frames. d. Mechanics. The plate in which the butt end of a breast drill is inserted, and against which pressure is applied by the chest of the user. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > breast-drills > part of breastplate1678 conscience1856 palette1875 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 7 The Drill-plate or Breast-plate..hath an hole punched a little way into it to set the blunt end of the shank of the Drill in. 1833 Trans. Soc. Encouragem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce 49 144 In the common hand-drill, the breast-plate by which the instrument is supported is a mere loose plate, the unsteadiness of which is very annoying when fine work is in hand. 1913 Automobile Jrnl. 25 Jan. 92/2 The drill weighs about seven pounds, is about 10 inches in height from breast plate to the end of the chuck, and consumes approximately 170 watts at full load. 2010 W. Szykitka Big Bk. Self Reliant Living (ed. 2) v. 566/1 When drilling a horizontal hole, apply feed pressure by resting your body against the breast plate. e. An inscription plate on the lid of a coffin. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > inscribed tablet, slab, or plate tableOE tabletc1350 titlea1382 tablature1578 aback1592 plate1668 breastplate1773 stela1776 stele1820 brass plate1836 palimpsest1876 plaque1922 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > plate on breastplate1773 1773 L. T. Nyberg in tr. A. G. Spangenberg Life N. Lewis II. iv. 107 Eleonore Magdalene Theresia, comfort to the Emperor Leopold, had ordered this inscription to be engraven on the breast-plate of her coffin: Mary Magdalene Theresia, a poor sinner. 1864 Derby Mercury 7 Dec. The outer shell of the coffin was of oak..upon the breast-plate was an inscription recording the name and age of the deceased. 2018 Tel. & Argus (Bradford) (Nexis) 16 July He was buried..in a polished oak coffin fitted with brass furnishings and a breastplate bearing the inscription: ‘Thomas Shields born March 23rd 1832, died October 23rd 1887’. 4. Zoology. a. The ventral part (plastron) of the shell of a tortoise or turtle. Cf. breast shell n. (a) at breast n. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > member of > parts of > shell or parts of shell1542 tortoiseshell1601 breastplate1698 plastron1831 hyposternal1835 neural plate1849 nuchal1864 hypoplastron1871 medullary plate1879 neural1888 neural bone1889 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia Index Explanatory p. iii Calapee, the Breast-plate of the Tortoise. 1733 V. La Chapelle Mod. Cook II. x. 263 Take off from the Breast-plate of your Tortoise a little Skin. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xix. 459 We lived entirely upon tortoise-meat. The breastplate roasted..with the flesh attached to it, is very good. 1930 Sci. News Let. 29 Mar. 206/3 The fish..attaches itself to the breastplate of the turtle with an unbreakable suction-grip. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Oct. He showed the partyroom a photo..of a green sea turtle lying upside down on a beach, its flippers cut off and its breast plate removed, its innards exposed. b. The sternum of an insect or other arthropod. See sternum n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > member of (butterfly) > parts of > plate covering lower side breastplate1746 1746 G. Adams Micrographia Illustrata xviii. 80 This Gnat..differs from the former in Shape..: Its Wings were larger..; its Thorax not much unlike that of the other, having a strong rigid back Piece and Breast Plate. 1813 tr. G. H. von Langsdorff Voy. & Trav. I. ii. 74 A butterfly..through a very remarkable opening in the breast-plate emitted a great quantity of a sort of froth. 1862 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 1 120 The middle triangle of the breast-plate has the same granulations. 1929 E. G. Reinhard Witchery of Wasps iii. 49 Recurving her needle-tipped abdomen, the wasp feels with it for a spot in the breastplate of the cicada. 1981 G. Zappler tr. G. Scherer Insects etc. 107/1 Native Indians wear these bees as jewelry, using only the polished, iridescent breastplate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1358
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