Breastbone
['bres(t)bəʊn] or ['brɛstbon]
Definition
(n.) The bone of the breast; the sternum.
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- I should have died even then but for that as my sword was tight wedged in the breastbone of a Dator of the First Born. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But their breastbone has no keel such as the breastbone of a bird has for the attachment of muscles strong enough for long-sustained flying. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Rachel