Chest vs Pectoral - What's the difference?
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A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
(lb) A coffin.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
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A chest of drawers.
(senseid)(lb) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
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#A hit or blow made with one's chest.
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To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
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To deposit in a chest.
(obsolete) To place in a coffin.
* Bible, Genesis 1. 26
Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
* 1985 , , Managra , p 14:
Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs.
* 1852 , Theophilus Thompson, Annals of Influenza Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever in Great Britain from 1510 to 1837 (page 107)
(zoology) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
Protective armor for a horse's breast.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 30:
A covering or protecting for the breast.
(ecclesiastical) A breastplate, especially that worn by the Jewish high person.
(ecclesiastical) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
As nouns the difference between chest and pectoral
is that chest is a box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid or chest can be debate; quarrel; strife; enmity while pectoral is protective armor for a horse's breast.As a verb chest
is to hit with one's chest (front of one's body).As a adjective pectoral is
of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.chest
English
{{ picdic , image=Chest.jpg , width=310 , detail1= , detail2= }}Etymology 1
From (etyl) cheste, chiste, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (the thorax) breast * (box) trunkDerived terms
* bad chest * chest cavity * chest cold * chestless * chestlike * chest of drawers * chest pass * chestnut * chest wall * chesty * get off one’s chest * hope chest * keep one's cards close to one's chest * treasure chest * war chestVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net. }}
- He dieth and is chested .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from (etyl) .Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----pectoral
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Adjective
(-)- Clad in red robes and a gold pectoral cross, Agostini finally lowered his gaze as he crossed the marble floor.
- But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.
Noun
(en noun)- The Poitrinal, Pectoral , or Breast Plate was formed of plates of metal rivetted together, which covered the breast and shoulders of the horse, it was commonly adorned with foliage, or other ornaments engraved or embossed.