Plastron

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.

II. Plastron ·noun A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.

III. Plastron ·noun The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. ·see Testudinata.

IV. Plastron ·noun A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.

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