Armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass.
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Examples for "breastplate"
Examples for "breastplate"
1The arrow-heads must have gone through the breastplate and scratched the skin.
2A breastplate and tassets of the sixteenth century are shown in Fig.
3A spear had pierced his breastplate and snapped off in his side.
4Send to Higelac, if I fall in the fight, my beautiful breastplate.
5When we reached the violated case, Mortimer stopped and examined the breastplate.
1The majestic and magnificent matron, under whose aegis I reside for rs.
2These Officers are not living under the aegis of the Army, however.
3We would explore under the aegis of no cicerone but our curiosity.
4There are now five such organisations under the aegis of the church.
5This was all done under the aegis of Academic Freedom, mused Henry.
1The thunder burst again- ashort ,abruptpeal, as if the egis had fallen from the weakened hand of the thunderer.
2France's Egis Airport Operation has a 10 percent stake in the company.
3Bulk sales, one of the most rapidly growing segments within Egis' portfolio, expanded by 95 percent.
4Mandatory subsidy repayments and newly introduced sales agent registration fees cost the firm 935 million forints, Egis added.
5Egis's bottom line was lifted by financial income, which doubled thanks to interest income and favourable hedging contracts.
6The government's measures cost Egis 1.7 billion for the full year, the firm said.
7The government's measures cost Egis 1.7 billion forints for the full year, the firm said.
8Egis' bottom line was lifted by financial income, which doubled on the back of interest income and favourable hedging contracts.
9Menthy added that production at Egis, one of Hungary's biggest industrial firms, was otherwise unaffected and production was continuing on schedule.
10Egis said that the dollar's weakening alone resulted in a 4.7 billion exchange rate loss for the year.
11Triunfo and UTC each own 45 percent of ABSA, as the operator is known, while Egis controls a 10 percent stake.
12Coverex, a blood pressure drug, had the second highest turnover for Egis in fiscal 2006 and generated 5.3 billion forints in revenue.
13Accounts show that the French-owned Egis Road & Tunnel Operation Ireland Ltd recorded a 15.5 per cent rise in revenue to €17.3 million.