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Etymology
From French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentive of piastra �breastplate�, from Latin emplastrum �plaster�, from Ancient Greek polytonic|εμ�λα���ον, from polytonic|εμ�λα��ο� �daubed, plastered�, from polytonic|εμ�λα��ειν �to mould, form�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'plæstr�n/

Noun
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1. The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace
2. fencing A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.
3. An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice.

#*1942: I bought here a wedding dress perhaps twenty or thirty years old [...] a sequin plastron to be worn over the womb as a feminine equivalent to a cod-piece, and a gauze veil embroidered in purple and gold. � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 784)

Translations
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