Look up: cuirass

1. Cuirass
   armor comprised of both a breastplate and a back plate or just a breastplate.
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2. cuirass
   [n] - medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
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3. cuirass
   The armour that protects the upper part of the body.
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4. cuirass
   See armour.
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5. Cuirass
   Cui·rass' (kwe*rȧs', or kwē'răs; 277) noun ; plural Cuirasses (-ĕz). [ French cuirasse , orig., a breastplate of leather, for Old French cuirée , cuirie influenced by Italian corazza...
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6. cuirass
   The anterior surface of the thorax in relation to symptoms or disease changes. ... Origin: Fr. Cuirasse, a breastplate ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. cuirass
   noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
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8. cuirass
   (kwe-rahs´) a covering for the chest.
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9. Cuirass
   • (n.) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass. • (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle • (n.) The breastplate taken by itself.
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10. cuirass
    body armour that protects the torso of the wearer above the waist or hips. Originally it was a thick leather garment covering the body from neck to ... [2 related articles]
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11. cuirass
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kwē-ras′ Definitions: 1. The anterior surface of the thorax in relation to symptoms or disease changes.
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12. Cuirass
    Armor for the upper half of the body which could be made of several materials, and which usually protected the arms as well as the torso.
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13. Cuirass
    A cuirass was a coat or jerkin worn by soldiers as protection against pistol-shot and sword cuts. Varieties include the chain-mail and metal studded leather coats of the Middle Ages through to the corselet worn by the British Life Guards on ceremonial parades. The cuirass was in common use throughou...
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14. Cuirass
    Body armor that covered the torso. The most common was the lineothorax, made of layers of stiffened linen, sometimes reinforced with bronze plates or scales. Another type was the "bell" or "muscled" cuirass, made of bronze. Greek cuirasses were most often equipped with "pteruges", or feathers, addit...
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15. Cuirass
    A `cuirass` (French cuirasse, Latin coriaceus, made of leather, from corium, the original breastplate being of leather, pronounced in English as "kwi-rass") is a piece of armour, formed of a single or multiple pieces of metal or other rigid material, which covers the f...
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