Meaning of neckplate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A piece of armour worn around the throat or neck; a gorget.
2. An armor panel on a helmet which protects the neck.
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.
4. A plate, used in tracheostomy, which prevents the tube from descending into the trachea.

Examples

“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.”

“Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard only; commemorative neckplate.”

“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).”

“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 […]”

“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].”

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