Definition of "breastknot" []

• A pin worn on the breast as a fastening or ornament; a brooch. (noun)

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• "A breastknot of valley lilies added to the loveliness, and I allowed my eyes to feast on her fairness."
• "And she promised she never would, and gave him a sprig of rosemary out of her garden to wear for a breastknot."
• "Faith took still closer note of the beauty of her breastknot; and then gathering up her crimson hood and cloak, they went down stairs."