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bodyplate

bodyplate noun: a protective plate that covers the torso.

Noun

bodyplate (plural bodyplates)

  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...1891, John W[illiam] Bradley, The Life and Works of Giorgio Giulio Clovio, Miniaturist, with Notices of His Contemporaries, and of the Art of Book Decoration in the Sixteenth Century, London: Bernard...
    • The men and women at the picnic were plastered into limited ways of acting, with limited body movements. It was as if they moved with plastic bodyplates in front of them, and the children were being herded into the bodyplates of learned behavior being passed down to them through their parents....1994, Daniel Santos, Luminous Essence: Body Talks To Body, Santa Fe, N.M.: Luminous Press, →ISBN, page 127

Examples of bodyplate in a sentence

  • It was as if they moved with plastic bodyplates in front of them, and the children were being herded into the bodyplates of learned behavior being passed down to them through their parents.1994, Daniel Santos, Luminous Essence: Body Talks To Body, Santa Fe, N.M.: Luminous Press, →ISBN, page 127:
  • Almost as an afterthought, he reached up to check that the camera lens in the left shoulder-pad of his Kevlar bodyplate wasn’t obstructed, then adjusted his helmet mike.2004, Paul Finch, “Calibos”, in Robert Hood, Robin Pen, editors, Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales, Wollongong, N.S.W.: Agog! Press, published...
  • Some rows of helmets, some of platelegs, bodyplates, gauntlets and boots.2012, Daniel Cade, The Last Pure Warrior, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 46:
  • He could feel it sticking to the inside of his bodyplate like a second skin.2013, John French, Ahriman: Exile (Warhammer 40,000), Nottingham, Notts.: Black Library, →ISBN, page 341:

Forms of bodyplate

pluralbodyplates

Origin of bodyplate

From body + plate.

Questions about bodyplate

What does bodyplate mean?
Bodyplate means a protective plate that covers the torso.
How do you use bodyplate in a sentence?
It was as if they moved with plastic bodyplates in front of them, and the children were being herded into the bodyplates of learned behavior being passed down to them through their parents.
What part of speech is bodyplate?
Bodyplate is a noun.
What is the plural of bodyplate?
The plural of bodyplate is bodyplates.

Words near bodyplate in the dictionary

  1. bodyparts
  2. bodypillow
  3. bodypillows
  4. bodyplan
  5. bodyplans
  6. bodyplate
  7. bodyplates
  8. bodypopper
  9. bodyscape
  10. bodyscapes
  11. bodyshame

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