plas|tron

plas|tron
plas|tron «PLAS truhn», noun.
1. a breastplate, especially of steel, worn under a coat of mail.
2. a leather guard worn over the chest by a fencer.
3. an ornamental, detachable front of a woman's bodice: »

One in navy wool rivets eyes on a chest-high square plastron, which unbuttons to show beneath still another plastron of white piqué (Sunday Times).

4. the starched front of a man's shirt.
5. the ventral part of the shell of a turtle or tortoise; breastplate.
╂[< Middle French plastron breastplate, shirt front adaptation of Italian piastrone (augmentative) < piastra plate of metal, piastre < Medieval Latin plastrum plaster]

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  • plastron — plas·tron …   English syllables

  • Plastron — Plas|tron auch: Plast|ron 〈[ strɔ̃:] m. 6 oder n. 15〉 1. 〈urspr.〉 Brustplatte am Ringpanzer, Brustharnisch 2. 〈Sp.; Fechten〉 Polster, das beim Üben Brust u. Arm schützt 3. 〈Reitsp.〉 zur Turnierkleidung gehörende breite, weiße Krawatte 4. breite… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Plastron — Plas|tron* [plas trõ:, österr. ... tro:n] der od. das; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. plastron, eigtl. »Brustharnisch«, dies aus it. piastrone zu piastra »Metallplatte«, dies aus mlat. (em)plastra, Plur. von lat. emplastrum, vgl. ↑Piaster>: 1.… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • plastron — plas•tron [[t]ˈplæs trən[/t]] n. 1) her plate armor for the upper front part of the torso 2) spo a quilted pad worn over part of the torso for protection while fencing 3) clo an ornamental front piece of a woman s bodice 4) clo the starched front …   From formal English to slang

  • Plastron — Plas|tron auch: Plast|ron 〈 [ strɔ̃:] m. od. n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. 〈urspr.〉 Brustharnisch 2. 〈Sport; Fechten〉 Polster, das beim Üben Brust u. Arm schützt 3. breite Krawatte (aus Seide) zum festl. Anzug 4. 〈Reitsport〉 gebundene Krawatte für… …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • plastron — The sternum with costal cartilages attached. [Fr. a breastplate] * * * n. the breastbone (sternum) together with the costal cartilages attached to it. * * * plas·tron (plasґtron) [Fr. “breast plate”] the sternum and costal cartilages …   Medical dictionary

  • Entoplastra — Entoplastron En to*plas tron, n.; pl. {Entoplastra}. [Ento + plastron.] (Anat.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; called also {entosternum}. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Entoplastron — En to*plas tron, n.; pl. {Entoplastra}. [Ento + plastron.] (Anat.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; called also {entosternum}. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • entosternum — Entoplastron En to*plas tron, n.; pl. {Entoplastra}. [Ento + plastron.] (Anat.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; called also {entosternum}. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Epiplastra — Epiplastron Ep i*plas tron, n.; pl. {Epiplastra}. [Pref. epi + plastron.] (Anat.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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