neckplate
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4ADJ.
long, recovered
VERB + NECKPLATE
time
NECKPLATE + NOUN
gorget, leather, linings
PREP.
on
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noun
A piece of armour worn around the throat or neck; a gorget.
For a long time the neckplate or gorget was retained as part of the regular equipment and it even became exaggerated in size; but it finally became so small that […] it was little more than an ornament […]
Some gorget (neckplate) leather linings recovered from the Batavia (1629) were found to be in a very good state of preservation after 350 years' immersion (50). Under water, where it will invariably also be in a buried ...
An armor panel on a helmet which protects the neck.
542. Half Suit. … German, about 1540. Consisting of - Open Casque with spherical skull finishing in a pointed apex, umbril, neckplate and hinged earpieces. Gorget and Pauldrons combined. Breastplate with strong tapul and laminated gussets.
Jomyo Meishu of Tsutsui, one of the worker-monks, was wearing a dark blue tunic, a suit of black-laced armor, and a helmet with five neckplates. At his waist, there was a sword with a black lacquered hilt and scabbard; on his back, ...
A small, typically rectangular plate on the neck of a guitar (or bass, etc) through which screws are threaded to attach the neck to the body.
Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard only; commemorative neckplate.
Neckplate and screws The neckplate holds the 4 screws (actually not bolts) that connect the neck to the body and provides reenforcement^([sic]) for the whole construction. Neckplates can be obtained with a nice F, and even with Fender serial numbers (genuine as well as fake).
A plate, used in tracheostomy, which prevents the tube from descending into the trachea.
A tracheostomy device comprising : a neckplate having an access opening; a trach head swivelly connected to said neckplate at said access opening; a tube adapted for insertion into a patient's breathing passage […]
On the tube's neckplate, its characteristics are marked, such as its inner and outer diameters and its length. Clinicians, intensive care professionals, and surgeons must know the differences between them in order to select suitable [ones].
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3For a long time the neckplate or gorget was retained as part of the regular equipment and it even became exaggerated in size; but it finally became so small that […] it was little more than an ornamen
WiktionarySome gorget (neckplate) leather linings recovered from the Batavia (1629) were found to be in a very good state of preservation after 350 years' immersion (50). Under water, where it will invariably a
WiktionaryThe military gorget is an ornamental and symbolic reminder of the neckplate on a suit of armor, and was originally worn in conjunction with a nape plate at the back of the neck. Between 1650 and 1700,
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