单词 | plastron |
释义 | plastron n.   1. a a fencer's leather-covered breastplate. b a lancer's breast-covering of facings-cloth.   2. a an ornamental front on a woman's bodice. b a man's starched shirt-front.   3. a the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle. b the corresponding part in other animals.   4. hist. a steel breastplate. Derivatives plastral adj. Etymology: F f. It. piastrone augment. of piastra breastplate, f. L emplastrum PLASTER |
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