breast n Cp NID breastmark 'mark placed abreast of landmark in surveying.'
   Comb breast line: (a) rope attached to bow of vessel to ease her to the wharf; (b) rope running from main buoy to the 'leader' of a 'cod-trap.'
   P 148-65 The breast-line [is used] to breast [the vessel] in. P 127-76 The breast line is that rope which is attached to the centre-mooring, extending across the trap and attached to the leader.
   breast mark: one of two (or more) land features or objects lined up by a fisherman in order to locate the position of a 'fishing ground'; MARK 1.
   C 68-24 Fishermen, in order to be able to anchor in the same area on the fishing ground, use landmarks, sometimes called breast-marks. It could be spire of a church over a small island, the chimney of a house [in line with] the church spire, etc. Q 71-8 ~ one of the two marks used to fix a position at sea-usually the position of an underwater feature. The running mark would give the distance up or down (parallel to) the coast, the breast mark would fix the distance off shore
   breast piece: in laying out a corpse, a square cloth, with sacred inscription, placed on the chest of the deceased.
   M 68-46 Accompanying the habit would be a breast-piece. This would be about eighteen inches square. There would be two strings on the upper part of this breast-piece and these strings would be used to tie this part of the habit around the neck. On [it] the letters I.H.S. would be woven or placed [and the cloth] would be trimmed with wide white silk ribbon. Above the initials would be a white cross. Beneath the letters was a white heart.
   breast wharf, ~ work: long narrow wharf jutting out into a harbour (1971 NOSEWORTHY 178).

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