Толковый словарь английского языка - plastron
Plastron
plastron
noun see: piastre Date: circa 1507 1. a metal breastplate formerly worn under the hauberk, a quilted pad worn in fencing practice to protect the chest, waist, and the side on which the weapon is held, the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle consisting typically of nine symmetrically placed bones overlaid by horny plates, 3. a trimming like a bib for a woman's dress, dickey 1a, a thin film of air held by water-repellent hairs of some aquatic insects
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n. 1 a a fencer's leather-covered breastplate. b a lancer's breast-covering of facings-cloth. 2 a an ornamental front on a woman's bodice. b a man's starched shirt-front. 3 a the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle. b the corresponding part in other animals. 4 hist. a steel breastplate. Derivatives plastral adj. Etymology: F f. It. piastrone augment. of piastra breastplate, f. L emplastrum PLASTER ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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