chestal

English

Etymology

From chest +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstəl

Adjective

chestal (not comparable)

1. (informal) of, or pertaining to, the chest region

   Synonym: pectoral

   • 1979, Ascent, volume 5, Christian Endeavour Union of Great Britain and Ireland, page 54:

     In a long-skirted, gold and green and white cotton affair that slides mildly over her chestal area right up to her neck.

   • 1994 Jonathan Collier, "Bart's Girlfriend," The Simpsons, Season 6, Episode 7 (aired 6 November 1994), spoken by Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright).

     I'm all tense through the chestal area!

   • 1999 Out, Vol. 8, No. 3 (September 1999), Here Publishing

     Feeling cursed with too little in the chestal region?

   • 2008, Micol Ostow, Popular Vote, Scholastic Inc., page 189:

     I'd be lying to myself if I pretended that seeing Logan here now isn't causing a parade of elephants to stampede through my upper chestal region.

Anagrams

• châlets, satchel, Aletsch, scaleth, scathel, latches, chalets, Slechta, schalet, achtels, Satchel