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chestal en · ADJ

Etymology

From chest + -al.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) of, or pertaining to, the chest region
    • In a long-skirted, gold and green and white cotton affair that slides mildly over her chestal area right up to her neck. 1979, Ascent, volume 5, Christian Endeavour Union of Great Britain and Ireland, page 54:
    • I'd be lying to myself if I pretended that seeing Logan here now isn't causing a parade of elephants to stampede through my upper chestal region. 2008, Micol Ostow, Popular Vote, Scholastic Inc., page 189:
    • 1999 Out, Vol. 8, No. 3 (September 1999), Here Publishing Feeling cursed with too little in the chestal region?
    • 1994 Jonathan Collier, "Bart's Girlfriend," The Simpsons, Season 6, Episode 7 (aired 6 November 1994), spoken by Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright). I'm all tense through the chestal area!

Synonyms

pectoral