breastplated

English

Etymology

From Middle English brest-plated, equivalent to breastplate +‎ -ed.

Adjective

breastplated (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a breastplate.
    • 2008 March 6, Alastair Macaulay, “When Death (That Bowler-Hatted Gent) Comes Calling in Dreams”, in New York Times‎:
      Instead of the innocent-seeming group of white-clad supporting characters in “De Sueños,” the opening scene here gives us a more menacing and unrecognizable group dressed in black, masked and breastplated.
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