Breastplate

Definition of Breastplate

Breast´plate`

n.	1.	A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor. Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended. - Swift.
	2.	A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
	3.	A strap that runs across a horse's breast.
	4.	(Jewish Antiq.) 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.

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