poitrail
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally poitral, with change of suffix after -ail, from Latin pectoralis. Doublet of pectoral.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]poitrail m (plural poitrails)
- chest (of horse); breast (of bird etc.)
- (humorous) chest (of human)
- 1960, George Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le mécréant”:
- Je vais grossir les rangs des muets du sérail / Les bell’s ne viendront plus se prendre à mon poitrail
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- poitrel (armor for a horse's chest)
Further reading
[edit]- “poitrail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.