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noun
The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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noun
A man's shirt-bosom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice.
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noun
A breastplate.
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noun
A film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill.
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noun
(zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: exoskeleton
noun
a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pad
noun
a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: breastplate, aegis, egis
noun
the front of man's dress shirt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shirtfront
noun
the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt
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Broader terms: shirtfront
History
Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentive of piastra (“breastplate”), from Latin emplastrum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron), from ἔμπλαστος (émplastos, “daubed, plastered”), from ἔμπλασσειν (émplassein, “to mould, form”).
Across languages
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