Meaning of tapul | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pronounced vertical ridge down the center of a breastplate, or rarely by extension a ridge on another item of armor.
2. A barangay of Paranas, Samar, Philippines.

Examples

“The convexity of the breast-plate, but more particularly its projecting tapul, […] the cone-like beevor, the pass-guards, and even the tapuls of the jambs and cuisses, are evidences of this fact.”

“Even to the time of his death (1643) the Black Mousquetaires of his house wore in the field complete armor, […] The breastplate has a ridge or "tapul" down the center with a marked projection near the lower edge.”

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