sailor's breastplate

1. 1.

   a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage

   Synonymsprolonge knot

   Broaderknot

   Part ofprolonge

Questions about sailor's breastplate

What does sailor's breastplate mean?

sailor's breastplate means "a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage".

What is another word for sailor's breastplate?

Close synonyms include prolonge knot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.