breastplate

n. மார்புக்கவசம், கவசத்தின் மார்புத்தகடு, மார்போடு,யூதத் தலைமைக்குருவின் மணிபதித்த மார்புக்கச்சை, சவப்பெட்டியின் மேலுள்ள பெயர்த்தகடு, ஆமையின் அடிப்புற ஓடு.

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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. Ash. 4. (Jewish Antiq.) Defn: 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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