Category:Plastron

Plas"tron, n. Etym: [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)

Defn: an iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.

3. (anat.)

Defn: 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.