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View synonyms for plastron
plastron
[ plas-truhn ]
noun
- a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- Fencing. a quilted pad worn over part of the torso, for protection.
- an ornamental front piece of a woman's bodice.
- the starched front of a shirt.
- Zoology. the ventral part of the shell of a turtle.
plastron
/ ˈplæstrən /
noun
- the bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle
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Derived Forms
- ˈplastral, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plastron1
C16: via French from Italian piastrone, from piastra breastplate, from Latin emplastrum plaster
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Example Sentences
I had myself a great silver bowl, with two goblets, and a plastron of Spanish steel.
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Frequently a metal breastplate or plastron-de-fer, and a steel cap or chapel-de-fer, were worn under the mail.
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A square brown Derby is worn with this suit, brown English driving gloves, and a white plastron or coachman's scarf.
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His chest, he thought, must burst under the strapped plastron, and sweat poured in a sheet across his eyes.
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The anterior and posterior lobes of the plastron had been folded over the bridge, forming a three-ply thickness of bone.
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