They were also called a villain or commoner in the old regime of Castile. He was a person who in the Middle Ages was obliged to pay taxes to the King or a Feudal Lord. It can also be a fabric or leather that covers or protects the breasts of infants, adults or animals. In Colombia we use it more in feminine ( pechera ).
Relative to the chest, in any of its meanings; as a bib that covers the breast of the babies or shell that covers the chest of the horses, and also who pays a breast tribute. From this last Spanish voice comes the 'pechero' lunfardo as someone who is dedicated to pechar, manguear, to ask or take money (there is also synonym pechador, but it also has other meanings).
