BREASTROPE
Breast"rope`, n.
Defn: See Breastband.
BREASTSUMMER
Breast"sum`mer, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; — used principally above shop windows. [Written also brestsummer and bressummer.]
BREASTWHEEL
Breast"wheel`, n.
Defn: A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.
BREASTWORK
Breast"work`, n.
1. (Fort.)
Defn: A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
2. (Naut.)