neckplate

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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 […]
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 […]

词形变化

neckplates plural neck plate alternative neck-plate alternative

词源

From neck + plate.
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