Word.ws English Dictionary

chestplate

chestplate noun: a plate of armor to protect a person's chest.

Noun

chestplate (plural chestplates)

  1. A plate of armor to protect a person's chest.

Forms of chestplate

pluralchestplates

Origin of chestplate

From chest + plate.

Questions about chestplate

What does chestplate mean?
Chestplate means a plate of armor to protect a person's chest.
What part of speech is chestplate?
Chestplate is a noun.
What is the plural of chestplate?
The plural of chestplate is chestplates.

Words near chestplate in the dictionary

  1. chestnutty
  2. chestpad
  3. chestpads
  4. chestpiece
  5. chestpieces
  6. chestplate
  7. chestplates
  8. chests
  9. chests down
  10. chests of drawers
  11. chests one's cards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chestplate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “chestplate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chestplate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.