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Plastron Common

Plastron has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt

2

the front of man's dress shirt

3

a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail

4

a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest

5

(zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside

6

The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shirtfront breastplate pad exoskeleton
Rhyming Words
ron aron eron tron iron fron pron kron bron pyron boron miron enron doron meron jaron varon yoron myron maron
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