breastfast

English

Etymology

From breast +‎ fast.

Noun

breastfast (plural breastfasts)

1. (nautical, archaic) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf or to another vessel.

References

• “breastfast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.