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SAILOR'S BREASTPLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sailor's breastplate mean?
• SAILOR'S BREASTPLATE (noun)
The noun SAILOR'S BREASTPLATE has 1 sense:
1. a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
Familiarity information: SAILOR'S BREASTPLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
prolonge knot; sailor's breastplate
Hypernyms ("sailor's breastplate" is a kind of...):
knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)
Holonyms ("sailor's breastplate" is a part of...):
prolonge (a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage)
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