poitrine
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of poitrine
French, literally: breast, chest
Example Sentences
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When Mrs. M—— wrote, I was really in danger of a fluxion de poitrine.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
On the strength of a French form, poitrinal, it has been connected with Fr. poitrine, chest, and various explanations are given.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Boultby, in short, was in his glory, and in a round, sound voix de poitrine he rumbled out thanks for attentions and assurances of his tolerable health.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
His voice extends from B flat profundo to the ut de poitrine piccolo.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 by Various
He could emit the ut de poitrine, which means that he could sing even tenor high C in the chest register.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. Miller
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