chestguard

English

Etymology

From chest +‎ guard.

Noun

chestguard (plural chestguards)

1. A piece of fabric, padding, or armor to protect the chest, as in some sports.
   • 2004 July, Black Belt, volume 42, number 7, page 3:

     Available in 5 colors: red. black, white, blue and silver Shin guards, shin/instep guards and chestguards also available. Headguard $35.95 ea.

   • 2007, Michelle Skye, Goddess Alive!: Inviting Celtic & Norse Goddesses Into Your Life, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:

     Black leather braces, chain-mail chest guards, and oval and circular shields are the clothing of choice for these women. Firelight flashes off of broadswords and deadly knives.

   • 2016, Jennifer R. Davis, Michael McCormick, The Long Morning of Medieval Europe:

     The poet may assume that except when he specifies that warriors had byrnies, we are to accept that they wore only leathern chestguards.

   • 2019, Mary Jean Chan, Flèche:

     Often, I left a bruise: the blade's tip ricocheting off chestguards onto skin. Just as often, I would feel yellow blooms of ache where the girl I thought was beautiful had pierced my heart. Hours later, I would transform.

Alternative forms

• chest guard

Translations

Translations

• Japanese: 胸当て (muneate)

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