Bodyplate
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A protective plate that covers the torso.
"His horse and himself are both heavily laden with armour of a most elaborate kind, but quite fanciful; for instance, there is a small spade-shaped shield on his gorget containing the three lilies, a lion’s head on his breastplate, and a scorpion or lobster on his bodyplate, beneath which he wears a briganture of mail."
Example
More examples"His horse and himself are both heavily laden with armour of a most elaborate kind, but quite fanciful; for instance, there is a small spade-shaped shield on his gorget containing the three lilies, a lion’s head on his breastplate, and a scorpion or lobster on his bodyplate, beneath which he wears a briganture of mail."
Etymology
From body + plate.
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