Definitions for plastrons

plastrons plas·tron

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

Plastrons is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 495 anagrams from letters in plastrons (alnoprsst).

Definitions for plastrons

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 plastrons

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

Examples for plastrons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The plastron is attached to the carapace by ligamentous tissue.

Word Value for plastrons
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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