BREASTPLATE
\bɹˈɛstple͡ɪt], \bɹˈɛstpleɪt], \b_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t_p_l_eɪ_t]\
Definitions of BREASTPLATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
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A strap that runs across a horse's breast.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
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A strap that runs across a horse's breast.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Defensive armour worn upon the breast;—a strap across a horse's breast;—a part of the vestment of the high priest of the Jews, consisting of a rich embroidered stuff set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes.
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