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chestguard

chestguard noun: a piece of fabric, padding, or armor to protect the chest, as in some sports.

Noun

chestguard (plural chestguards)

  1. A piece of fabric, padding, or armor to protect the chest, as in some sports.
    • Available in 5 colors: red. black, white, blue and silver Shin guards, shin/instep guards and chestguards also available. Headguard $35.95 ea.2004 July, Black Belt, volume 42, number 7, page 3
    • 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.2007, Michelle Skye, Goddess Alive!: Inviting Celtic & Norse Goddesses Into Your Life, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN

Examples of chestguard in a sentence

  • The poet may assume that except when he specifies that warriors had byrnies, we are to accept that they wore only leathern chestguards.2016, Jennifer R. Davis, Michael McCormick, The Long Morning of Medieval Europe:
  • Often, I left a bruise: the blade's tip ricocheting off chestguards onto skin.2019, Mary Jean Chan, Flèche:

Forms of chestguard

pluralchestguards
alternative formchest guard

Origin of chestguard

From chest + guard.

Questions about chestguard

What does chestguard mean?
Chestguard means a piece of fabric, padding, or armor to protect the chest, as in some sports.
How do you use chestguard in a sentence?
The poet may assume that except when he specifies that warriors had byrnies, we are to accept that they wore only leathern chestguards.
What part of speech is chestguard?
Chestguard is a noun.
What is the plural of chestguard?
The plural of chestguard is chestguards.

Words near chestguard in the dictionary

  1. chestfeeding
  2. chestfeeds
  3. Chestfield
  4. chestful
  5. chestfuls
  6. chestguard
  7. chestguards
  8. chesthair
  9. chesticle
  10. chesticles
  11. chestier

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