Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Plastron \Plas"tron\, n. [F. plastron breastplate, plastron, LL.
plastra a thin plate of metal. See {Plaster}.]
1. A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to
protect the breast. --Dryden.
3. (Anc. Armor) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
3. (Anat.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and
turtles. See {Testudinata}.
4. A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a
different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to
the waist.
Source : WordNet®
plastron
n 1: the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt
2: the front of man's dress shirt
3: a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail
4: a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest
5: (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside