neckplates

Noun

neckplate (plural neckplates)

1. A piece of armour worn around the throat or neck; a gorget.
   • For a long time the neckplate or gorget was retained as part of the regular equipment and it even became exaggerated in size; but it finally became so small that […] it was little more than an ornament […]1920, Bashford Dean, Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare, Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 54
2. An armor panel on a helmet which protects the neck.
   • 542. Half Suit. … German, about 1540. Consisting of -
     Open Casque with spherical skull finishing in a pointed apex, umbril, neckplate and hinged earpieces.
     Gorget and Pauldrons combined.
     Breastplate with strong tapul and laminated gussets.1901, Wallace Collection (London, England), Sir Guy Francis Laking, Catalogue of the European Armour and Arms in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, page 149
3. A small, typically rectangular plate on the neck of a guitar (or bass, etc) through which screws are threaded to attach the neck to the body.
   • Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard only; commemorative neckplate.2008, Tony Bacon, Barry Moorhouse, The Bass Book, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN
4. A plate, used in tracheostomy, which prevents the tube from descending into the trachea.
   • A tracheostomy device comprising : a neckplate having an access opening; a trach head swivelly connected to said neckplate at said access opening; a tube adapted for insertion into a patient's breathing passage […]1998, United States. Patent, Trademark Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, page 1344