neckplate

For a long time the neckplate or gorget was retained as part of the regular equipment and it even became exaggerated in size; but it finally became so small that […] it was little more than an ornament […]

542. Half Suit. … German, about 1540. Consisting of -

Open Casque with spherical skull finishing in a pointed apex, umbril, neckplate and hinged earpieces.

Gorget and Pauldrons combined.

Breastplate with strong tapul and laminated gussets.

Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard only; commemorative neckplate.

A tracheostomy device comprising : a neckplate having an access opening; a trach head swivelly connected to said neckplate at said access opening; a tube adapted for insertion into a patient's breathing passage […]