Pectoral

·noun A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.

II. Pectoral ·noun A covering or protecting for the breast.

III. Pectoral ·noun A breastplate, ·esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.

IV. Pectoral ·noun A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.

V. Pectoral ·adj Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.

VI. Pectoral ·adj Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.

VII. Pectoral ·adj Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.