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plastron

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Noun
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plas=tron

CIDE DICTIONARY

plastronn. [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.

Derivative
plastral adj.
Etymology
F f. It. piastrone augment. of piastra breastplate, f. L emplastrum PLASTER

For further exploring for "plastron" in Webster Dictionary Online


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