Plastron Definition
plăstrən
noun
A metal breastplate worn under a coat of mail.
Webster's New World
A padded protector worn over the chest by fencers.
Webster's New World
A starched shirt front.
Webster's New World
A trimming like a dickey, worn on the front of a woman's dress.
Webster's New World
The front panel of the tunic of a uniform, usually of a different color than the rest.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Plastron
Noun
Singular:
plastron
Plural:
plastronsOrigin of Plastron
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From French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentive of piastra (“breastplate"), from Latin emplastrum (“plaster"), from Ancient Greek εμπλαστρον (emplastron), from εμπλαστος (emplastos, “daubed, plastered"), from εμπλασσειν (emplassein, “to mould, form").
From Wiktionary
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French from Old French from Old Italian piastrone augmentative of piastra thin metal plate piaster
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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