むねあて

むねあて

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of むねあて – see the following entry at 胸当て.

むねあて，むなあて【胸当て】 [noun]western-style armor for the chest: a breastplate [noun]a chest protector used in traditional Japanese firefighting [noun](by extension) a cloth bib or chest covering worn as protection from the sun by travelers or messengers, or as protection from food and spills by children or workers [noun](fashion) the front portion of an apron, jumper dress, or overalls that extends above the waist and covers the front of the body [noun](archery) a plastron, a chestguard, used in 弓道 (kyūdō, “traditional Japanese archery”) to protect the chest from the bowstring (more commonly, but not exclusively, used by women) [noun]western-style armor for the chest: a breastplate [noun]a chest protector used in traditional Japanese firefighting [noun](by extension) a cloth bib or chest covering worn as protection from the sun by travelers or messengers, or as protection from food and spills by children or workers [noun](fashion) the front portion of an apron, jumper dress, or overalls that extends above the waist and covers the front of the body [noun](archery) a plastron, a chestguard, used in 弓道 (kyūdō, “traditional Japanese archery”) to protect the chest from the bowstring (more commonly, but not exclusively, used by women) [noun]a guess, an estimate, a conjecture

(This term, むねあて, is a hiragana spelling of 胸当て.)