plastron

American  

[plas-truhn] / ˈplæs trən /

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.

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plastron British  

/ ˈplæstrən /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• plastral
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of plastron

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

Example Sentences

‘Ma foi,’ said Félix de Bois-Sombre, ‘Monseigneur St. Lambert has bad taste, mon ami Martin, to choose Pierre Plastron for his confidant when he might have had thee.’

From A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

He has spoken with our holy patron himself, St. Lambert, and has received instructions for a pilgrimage—’ ‘Pierre Plastron!’

From A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

And next day nothing was talked of but the revelation of Pierre Plastron.

From A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)