PLASTRON


Meaning of PLASTRON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplas-trən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra thin metal plate — more at piastre

Date: circa 1507

1.

a. : a metal breastplate formerly worn under the hauberk

b. : a quilted pad worn in fencing practice to protect the chest, waist, and the side on which the weapon is held

2. : the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle consisting typically of nine symmetrically placed bones overlaid by horny plates

3.

a. : a trimming like a bib for a woman's dress

b. : dickey 1a

4. : a thin film of air held by water-repellent hairs of some aquatic insects

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