1) French word used in English 2) Shirtfront
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The lower shell of a turtle.
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Also Underarm Protector. A partial garment worn under the jacket for padding or for safety. Usually Consists of a sleeve and a chest/abdomen covering, which provides additional padding and protection. An 'underarm' plastron is seamless under the weapon arm, providing no weak seams for a broken blade to rip though. An
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The ventral part of the turtle shell, consisting of a series of paired bones, overlain by series of laminae alternating with bones (Peters 1964).
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fencer's padded breast-shield; steel breastplate worn under hauberk
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• (n.) A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast. • (n.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata. • (n.) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk. • (n.) A trimming for the front of a woman`s dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders t...
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Another name for an underarm protector.
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(from the article `turtle`) ...including tortoises. Although numerous animals, from invertebrates to mammals, have evolved shells, none has an architecture like that of turtles. ... The turtle`s shell is an adaptation that protects it from predators. The carapace and plastron each arose from two types of bone: dermal bones that ... [...
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The underside or bottom portion of a turtle shell
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The plastron is the nearly flat part of the shell structure of a turtle or tortoise, what one would call the belly, similar in composition to the carapace; with an external layer of horny material divided into plates called scutes and an underlying layer of interlocking bones.
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The lower half of a turtle shell.
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Metal breastplate worn under the haubach; also quilted pad worn in fencing. Term used with militariana.
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1. A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast. ... 3. An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk. ... 3. <anatomy> 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 wa...
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The shell covering the underside (bottom) of a turtle or other animal.
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Plas'tron noun [ French
plastron breastplate, plastron, Late Latin
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) An iron breastplate, worn under t...
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a half-jacket with no underarm seam, worn for extra protection on the sword arm under the fencing jacket; also a padded over-jacket worn by a fencing coach when giving individual training
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the bottom shell of a turtle or tortoise.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: plas′tron Definitions: 1. The sternum with costal cartilages attached.
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A plastron is a ventral shield, the lower part of the horny shell of reptiles such as the tortoise.
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the shell of the ventral or lower (belly) surface of a turtle
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The plastron is the bony plate that forms the underside of a turtle's shell, covering its belly.
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an array of hairs or bumps used to trap air next to the body of some aquatic insects where it forms a physical gill.
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a half-jacket with no underarm seam, worn for extra protection on the sword arm under the fencing jacket; also a padded over-jacket worn by a fencing coach when giving individual training
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noun (zoology) the part of a turtle`s shell forming its underside
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The shell covering the underside (bottom) of a turtle or other animal
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