poitrine

noun

1. (historical)The breastplate of a knight's armour.
2. Synonym of poitrel (“chest-armor for a horse”).

   “The horse-armour of the harnesses (A37-38), on the contrary, seems to have been made for the Emperor Maxmilian, […] The ear-coverings of the one are shaped like rams ' horns, and the poitrine, or breast-plate, is embossed with grotesque faces.”

   “IMPORTANT Suit of TURKISH HORSE ARMOR XV Century Composed of : chanfron, neck defences, poitrine, croupiere and side pieces of rectangular plates of steel joined by riveted links of mail; saddle, bridle, and stirrups.”

3. Chest, bosom, especially of a woman.

   “2018, Jerome Bixby, Devilish Tales: A collection of droll, teasing and very wicked fantasies, Digital Parchment Press Full red lips and a patrician nose, and a delicately formed but ample poitrine that curled Pierre's hands into iron hooks beneath the counter. "Forgive me, kind sir," she said, in a voice like music in a bedroom, […]”

   “Her bodices fully covered her ample poitrine right up to her nonexistent neck.”

   “(She points to her ID badge, situated on her ample poitrine, allowing my next unforgivable remark.) DC: Men don't have those.”