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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plas•tron (plas′trən),USA pronunciation n. - Heraldrya piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- Sport[Fencing.]a quilted pad worn over part of the torso, for protection.
- Clothingan ornamental front piece of a woman's bodice.
- Clothingthe starched front of a shirt.
- Zoologythe ventral part of the shell of a turtle.
- Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra metal plate, piaster. See plaster
- Middle French
- 1500–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plastron /ˈplæstrən/ n - the bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Italian piastrone, from piastra breastplate, from Latin emplastrum plasterˈplastral adj |