chestal

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English

Etymology

From chest +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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.

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