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Backplate   Listen
noun
Backplate, Backpiece  n.  
1.
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back.
2.
Specifically: A piece of plate armor protecting the back; it is worn as part of a cuirass.





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"Backplate" Quotes from Famous Books



... then he felt a mighty blow, which beat down his shield and descended with terrible force upon his helmet, throwing him forward on to his face. Then there was a heavy blow on his back; and it was well for him that he had on backpiece as well as breastplate, or the flesh would have been torn from his shoulder to his loins. As the blow fell there was an angry roar. For a moment he felt crushed by a weight which fell upon him. This was suddenly removed, and he heard a crash far below as the bear, pierced to the heart by the ...
— The Young Carthaginian - A Story of The Times of Hannibal • G.A. Henty


Words linked to "Backplate" :   plate armor, armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armour, cuirass


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