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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A piece of fabric, padding, or armor to protect the chest, as in some sports..
Available in 5 colors: red. black, white, blue and silver Shin guards, shin/instep guards and chestguards also available. Headguard $35.95 ea.
Black leather braces, chain-mail chest guards, and oval and circular shields are the clothing of choice for these women. Firelight flashes off of broadswords and deadly knives.
The poet may assume that except when he specifies that warriors had byrnies, we are to accept that they wore only leathern chestguards.
Often, I left a bruise: the blade's tip ricocheting off chestguards onto skin. Just as often, I would feel yellow blooms of ache where the girl I thought was beautiful had pierced my heart. Hours later, I would transform.
Use chestguard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chestguard means A piece of fabric, padding, or armor to protect the chest, as in some sports..
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Available in 5 colors: red. black, white, blue and silver Shin guards, shin/instep guards and chestguards also available. Headguard $35.95 ea.
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