[ˈplastr(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest

- an ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt consisting of colourful material with lace or embroidery, fashionable in the late 19th century

- the underside part of a tortoise's or turtle's shell


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Origin:
early 16th century: from French, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra ‘breastplate’, from Latin emplastrum ‘a plaster’ (see plaster)