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plastron
[
plas
-tr
uh
n
]
plas·tron
/
ˈplæs
trən
/
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[
plas
-tr
uh
n
]
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noun
1.
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
2.
Fencing
.
a quilted pad worn over part of the torso, for protection.
3.
an ornamental front piece of a woman's bodice.
4.
the starched front of a shirt.
5.
Zoology
.
the ventral part of the shell of a turtle.
Origin:
1500–10;
<
Middle French
<
Italian
piastrone,
augmentative of
piastra
metal plate,
piaster.
See
plaster
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plastron
(ˈplæstrən)
—
n
the bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle
[C16: via French from Italian
piastrone,
from
piastra
breastplate, from Latin
emplastrum
plaster
]
'plastral
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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