plastron

Meaning

1. The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.
2. A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.
3. A man's shirt-bosom.
4. An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice.
5. A breastplate.
6. A film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill.

Synonyms

breastplate

bib

cuirass

dicky

chest protector

touching the plastron

breast-plate

ventral shield

aegis

sternal plate

Translations

plastron

cuirasse

peto

plastrón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplæstɹən/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: emplastrum

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἔμπλαστρον

In summary

Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentive of piastra (“breastplate”), from Latin emplastrum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron), from ἔμπλαστος (émplastos, “daubed, plastered”), from ἔμπλασσειν (émplassein, “to mould, form”).