petral

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pretal

Etymology

From Old Spanish peitoral, from Latin pectoralis. Doublet of the borrowed pectoral.

Noun

petral m (plural petrales)

1. (equestrianism) breastplate

Related terms

• pecho
• pretil
• apretar
• pretina

Further reading

• “petral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014