neckplate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
A plate, used in tracheostomy, which prevents the tube from descending into the trachea.
Example Sentences
- "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 ..."
- "The 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, the nape plate was ..."
- "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, ..."
- "The shot went half a shaft-length deep, slanting from the third neckplate of his helmet toward the base of his left ear."