Definitions for plastron

plastron plas·tron

Spelling: [plas-truh n]
IPA: /ˈplæs trən/

Plastron is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 417 anagrams from letters in plastron (alnoprst).

Definitions for plastron

noun

  1. a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
  2. Fencing. a quilted pad worn over part of the torso, for protection.
  3. an ornamental front piece of a woman's bodice.
  4. the starched front of a shirt.
  5. Zoology. the ventral part of the shell of a turtle.

Origin of plastron

1500-10; Middle French Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra metal plate, piaster. See plaster

Examples for plastron

Accordingly an acceptance was sent, and as a reward of that heroism Usselex had brought her a plastron of opals.

Both of these impressions are made apparently by the plastron of the turtle.

The plastron is attached to the carapace by ligamentous tissue.

That came from the curb-bit and bridle hanging on the wall, or perhaps from the plastron, foils, and gauntlets over the mantle.

The carapace and plastron are usually connected by a "bridge" of bone.

The plastron is joined to the carapace by the sutures of the bridge.

The reptile, aware of danger, had retired between its carapace and plastron.

The use of a species of corslet, (plastron,) to prevent future pressure on the abdomen.

I had myself a great silver bowl, with two goblets, and a plastron of Spanish steel.

Epiplastron, ep-i-plas′tron, n. the anterior lateral one of the nine pieces of which the plastron of a turtle may consist.

Word Value for plastron
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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