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neckplate en · NOUN

Etymology

From neck + plate.

Meanings

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 […] 1920, Bashford Dean, Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare, Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 54:
   • 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 ... 1991, Massachusetts Historical Society, Witness to America's Past: Two Centuries of Collecting by the Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society:
   • 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 ... 1981, Protection of the Underwater Heritage, Unesco:
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. 1901, Wallace Collection (London, England), Sir Guy Francis Laking, Catalogue of the European Armour and Arms in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, page 149
   • 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, ... 1994, Genji & Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 311:
   • The shot went half a shaft-length deep, slanting from the third neckplate of his helmet toward the base of his left ear. 2001, Hōgen Monogatari: Tale of the Disorder in Hōgen, Cornell East Asia Series, page 42:
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. 2008, Tony Bacon, Barry Moorhouse, The Bass Book, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN:
   • Neckplate and screws The neckplate holds the 4 screws (actually not bolts) that connect the neck to the body and provides reenforcement^([sic]) for the whole construction. Neckplates can be obtained with a nice F, and even with Fender serial numbers (genuine as well as fake). 2013, Bert van der Moer, The "Recycled Bassguitar": Build One With Precision® Bass Parts, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN, page 20:
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 […] 1998, United States. Patent, Trademark Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, page 1344:
   • On the tube's neckplate, its characteristics are marked, such as its inner and outer diameters and its length. Clinicians, intensive care professionals, and surgeons must know the differences between them in order to select suitable [ones]. 2018, Terence Pires de Farias, Tracheostomy: A Surgical Guide, Springer, →ISBN, page 24:

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