Home › Words › C › chestplatechestplatechestplate · noun — A plate of armor to protect a person's chest.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom chest + plate.nounA plate of armor to protect a person's chest.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.breastplate 83% match — A piece of armor that covers the chest. vs chestplate →chestpiece 79% match — A piece of clothing or armour worn on the chest. vs chestplate →chestguard 74% match — A piece of fabric, padding, or armor to protect the chest, as in some sports. vs chestplate →bodyplate 73% match — A protective plate that covers the torso. vs chestplate →breastplated 70% match — Wearing a breastplate. vs chestplate →corselet 70% match — Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together. vs chestplate →chestpad 69% match — protective padding for the chest vs chestplate →cardiophylax 67% match — A piece of body armour—originally a metal breastplate or pair of plates—worn in classical antiquity to protect the region of the heart. Typically circular or square discs, fastened by leather straps, used in Italy from the Villanovan and Etruscan periods (7th century BCE) and later by Roman Republican legionaries and gladiators such as provocatores. vs chestplate →