plastron

• the ornamental front of a woman´s bodice or shirt
• the front of man´s dress shirt
• a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail
• a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest
• (zoology) the part of a turtle´s shell forming its underside
• A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast
• An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk
• The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles
• A trimming for the front of a woman´s dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist

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