1) Armadillo shell 2) Armor piece 3) Armored breastplate 4) Body armor 5) Body armour 6) Body armor 7) Breastplate 8) Cataphract 9) Coat of mail 10) French word used in English 11) Suit of armor 12) Suit of armour 13) Torso armor 14) Torso protector
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A cuirass (s; cuirasse, coriaceus) is a piece of armour, formed of a single or multiple pieces of metal or other rigid material which covers the front of the torso. In a suit of armour, the cuirass was generally connected to a back piece. Cuirass could also refer to the complete torso-protecting armour. The musculature of the male torso was ideali...
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leather or metal armour consisting of a breastplate and backplate
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• (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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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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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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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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(kwe-rahs´) a covering for the chest.
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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, additional protection for the hips and upper thighs han...
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See armour.
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The armour that protects the upper part of the body.
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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 , or Spanish
coraza , from an assumed Lat...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kwē-ras′ Definitions: 1. The anterior surface of the thorax in relation to symptoms or disease changes.
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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 throughout Europe in the 14th century. In England it fell i...
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[
n] - medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
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armor comprised of both a breastplate and a back plate or just a breastplate.
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noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
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Defence for the thorax part of a plate armour or worn separately comprising a breastplate and backplate.
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Also calleddefensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather. · either of the plates forming such armor. · any similar covering, as the protective armor of a ship. · a hard shell or other covering forming an indurated defensive shield.
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