pectoral

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Relating to or situated in the breast or chest: a pectoral muscle; the pectoral cavity.
2. adj. Useful in relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract.
3. adj. Worn on the chest or breast: a pectoral cross.
4. n. A muscle or organ of the chest.
5. n. A pectoral fin.
6. n. A medicine for relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract.
7. n. An ornament or decoration worn on the chest.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the breast or chest; thoracic: as, a pectoral muscle, vessel, nerve, etc.; a pectornl limb.
2. In entomology, pertaining to the pectus or lower surface of the thorax.
3. n. Armor for the breast, excluding the throat and the lower part of the body. A small breastplate worn with other garments, whether concealed or visible.
4. n. An ornament to be worn on the breast; especially, an ornament of an unfamiliar sort, or of a sort to which no special name is given: as an enameled pectoral.
5. n. Eccles.: In the anc. Jewish ritual, a sacerdotal breastplate of richly colored and embroidered cloth, worn by the high priest.
6. n. In the Roman Catholic Church, a square plate of gold, silver, or embroidery, either jeweled or enameled, formerly worn on the breast over the chasuble by bishops during the celebration of the mass.
7. n. A pectoral cross.
8. n. A food, a drink, or a drug supposed to be good for persons having weak lungs.
9. n. A pectoral part or organ. One of the pectoral muscles; a pectoralis.
10. Figuratively, proceeding from the breast, as of the heart; from the inner consciousness.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
2. adj. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
3. adj. zoology Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
4. n. Protective armor for a horse's breast.
5. n. A covering or protecting for the breast.
6. n. ecclesiastical A breastplate, especially that worn by the Jewish high person.
7. n. ecclesiastical A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
8. n. A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.
2. adj. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs.
3. adj. (Zoöl.) Having the breast conspicuously colored.
4. n. A covering or protecting for the breast.
5. n. A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.
6. n. A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
7. n. A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. either of two large muscles of the chest
2. n. an adornment worn on the chest or breast
3. adj. of or relating to the chest or thorax