breastbonen.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛs(t)bəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛs(t)ˌboʊn/

Forms: see breast n. and bone n.¹

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian brustbēn , Middle Dutch, Dutch borstbeen , Old High German, Middle High German brustbein (German Brustbein ) < the Germanic base of breast n. + the Germanic base of bone n.¹

The narrow, flat bone in the midline of the anterior wall of the human chest; the sternum. Also: the homologous bone of the chest in other vertebrates; (occasionally) the wishbone (furcula) in birds.In Old English (and early Middle English) translating post-classical Latin pectusculum, diminutive of classical Latin pectus breast, chest, probably referring to the part of the anterior wall of the chest containing the sternum, as well as to the bone itself.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > breastbone > [noun]

breastboneeOE

sternon1598

sternum1667

sternal1901

eOE Glosses to Lorica of Laidcenn (Cambr. Ll.1.10) in A. B. Kuypers Bk. of Cerne (1902) 87 Iugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, stomachum : ðearmgewind briostban briost magan.

c1300 St. John Evangelist (Laud) l. 24 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 403 Seint Iohan..slep ^opon is [sc. Christ's] breoste-bon.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1623 On was clouen in-to þe chynne another to þe brust-bon.

c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) l. 455 The beryns he hitt appone the hode, Thorowe the breste-bane it wode.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 24^v The brestbone..is farre otherwise in foure footed beastes, and much alienate from the naturall construction of the same in mankynd.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 183 Inclining to the spine or brestbone .

1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 161 Mr. Bates's sword bent and slanted against the Captain's breast-bone.

1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv, in Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 5/2 The leap-frogs you make out of a goose's breastbone.

1897 Outing 29 356/1 The copper blade passed through Lakanoo's breast-bone, cutting a woesome gash.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1299 The first seven ribs are directly connected with the segmented breastbone or sternum.

1995 R. Gray & R. Rogers River Cafe Cook Bk. (1996) vii. 255 To serve, cut each pheasant in two down the breastbone.

2016 C. O'Callaghan Nothing on Earth (2017) i. 9 Her tummy, her breastbone, the edges of her ribs, were all visible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	breastbone
释义	breastbonen. Brit. /ˈbrɛs(t)bəʊn/, U.S. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌboʊn/ Forms: see breast n. and bone n.¹ Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian brustbēn , Middle Dutch, Dutch borstbeen , Old High German, Middle High German brustbein (German Brustbein ) < the Germanic base of breast n. + the Germanic base of bone n.¹ The narrow, flat bone in the midline of the anterior wall of the human chest; the sternum. Also: the homologous bone of the chest in other vertebrates; (occasionally) the wishbone (furcula) in birds.In Old English (and early Middle English) translating post-classical Latin pectusculum, diminutive of classical Latin pectus breast, chest, probably referring to the part of the anterior wall of the chest containing the sternum, as well as to the bone itself. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > breastbone > [noun] breastboneeOE sternon1598 sternum1667 sternal1901 eOE Glosses to Lorica of Laidcenn (Cambr. Ll.1.10) in A. B. Kuypers Bk. of Cerne (1902) 87 Iugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, stomachum : ðearmgewind briostban briost magan. c1300 St. John Evangelist (Laud) l. 24 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 403 Seint Iohan..slep ^opon is [sc. Christ's] breoste-bon. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1623 On was clouen in-to þe chynne another to þe brust-bon. c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) l. 455 The beryns he hitt appone the hode, Thorowe the breste-bane it wode. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 24^v The brestbone..is farre otherwise in foure footed beastes, and much alienate from the naturall construction of the same in mankynd. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 183 Inclining to the spine or brestbone . View more context for this quotation 1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 161 Mr. Bates's sword bent and slanted against the Captain's breast-bone. 1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv, in Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 5/2 The leap-frogs you make out of a goose's breastbone. 1897 Outing 29 356/1 The copper blade passed through Lakanoo's breast-bone, cutting a woesome gash. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1299 The first seven ribs are directly connected with the segmented breastbone or sternum. 1995 R. Gray & R. Rogers River Cafe Cook Bk. (1996) vii. 255 To serve, cut each pheasant in two down the breastbone. 2016 C. O'Callaghan Nothing on Earth (2017) i. 9 Her tummy, her breastbone, the edges of her ribs, were all visible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOE
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