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]a guess, an estimate, a conjecture
(This term, むねあて, is a hiragana spelling of 胸当て.)
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