Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of むねあて – see the following entry.
胸当て
[noun] western-style armor for the chest: a breastplate
[noun] a chest protector used in traditional Japanese firefighting
[noun] (by extension) a cloth bib or chest covering worn as protection from the sun by travelers or messengers, or as protection from food and spills by children or workers
[noun] (fashion) the front portion of an apron, jumper dress, or overalls that extends above the waist and covers the front of the body
[noun] (archery) a plastron, a chestguard, used in 弓道 (kyūdō, traditional Japanese archery) to protect the chest from the bowstring (more commonly, but not exclusively, used by women)
[noun] a guess, an estimate, a conjecture
Alternative spelling
むなあて
(This term, むねあて, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)