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plastron

[ plas-truh n ]
/ ˈplæs trən /
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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.

RELATED WORDS

case, integument, scale, skeleton, chassis, hull, frame, shard, shuck, framework, husk, skin, pod, crust, nut, pericarp, carapace

Nearby words

plastometer, plastometric, plastoquinone, plastotype, plastral, plastron, plat, plat du jour, plat-, plat., plata

Origin of plastron

1500–10; < Middle French < Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra metal plate, piaster. See plaster
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plastron

/ (ˈplæstrən) /

noun

the bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle

Derived Forms

plastral, adjective

Word Origin for plastron

C16: via French from Italian piastrone, from piastra breastplate, from Latin emplastrum plaster
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