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plastron
CIDE DICTIONARY
plastron, n. [F. plastron breastplate, plastron, LL. plastra a thin plate of metal. See Plaster.].
- A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk. [1913 Webster]
- The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata. [1913 Webster]
- A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
plastron, n.
1 a a fencer's leather-covered breastplate. b a lancer's breast-covering of facings-cloth.
2 a an ornamental front on a woman's bodice. b a man's starched shirt-front.
3 a the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle. b the corresponding part in other animals.
4 hist. a steel breastplate.
1 a a fencer's leather-covered breastplate. b a lancer's breast-covering of facings-cloth.
2 a an ornamental front on a woman's bodice. b a man's starched shirt-front.
3 a the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle. b the corresponding part in other animals.
4 hist. a steel breastplate.
Derivative
plastral adj.
Etymology
F f. It. piastrone augment. of piastra breastplate, f. L emplastrum PLASTER
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