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Webster 1913 Edition

Plastron

Plas′tron

,
Noun.
[F.
plastron
breastplate, plastron, LL.
plastra
a thin plate of metal. See
Plaster
.]
1.
A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.
Dryden.
3.
(Anc. Armor)
An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
3.
(Anat.)
The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See
Testudinata
.
4.
A trimming for the front of a woman’s dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plastron

PLAS'TRON

,
Noun.
[See Plaster.] A piece of leather stuffed; used by fencers to defend the body against pushes.

Definition 2024

plastrón

plastrón

See also: plastron

Spanish

Noun

plastrón m ‎(plural plastrones)

  1. (zoology) plastron

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References

“plastrón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.

Etymology

From French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra "thin metal plate", short for impiastro "plaster", from Latin emplastrum (compare Spanish emplastro), from Ancient Greek εμπλαστρον ‎(emplastron) (emplastron) "daub, salve".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plasˈtɾo̞n/

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