plastrons
plural of plastron
Source: Wiktionary
Plas"tron, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
