breastplate

• The steel rectangle at the centre of this breastplate was a dramatic swirl of white and grey steel, with iron flecks very lightly etched by a treatment of sulphuric acids and other caustics. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
• This breastplate was tried; it resisted all thrusts of the dagger, and several balls were turned aside by it. —  The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, entire
• Beside the breastplate was a round helm, also of bronze and lined with leather. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
• The gelding had halted its run then, turning to nuzzle at the corpse on the earth The man's armour fitted Parmenion well, save that the breastplate was a little large. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
• It is we who have to gird our loins and put on the breastplate, and shoe our feet, and take the shield of faith, and the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John

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