Cuirass

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A piece of armor for protecting the breast and back, often consisting of two pieces fastened together.
  • noun. The front piece of this armor.
  • noun. A protective covering of bony plates or scales.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A piece of defensive armor covering the body from the neck to the girdle, and combining a breastplate and a backpiece.
  • noun. Any similar covering, as the protective armor of a ship; specifically, in zoology, some hard shell or other covering forming an indurated defensive shield, as the carapace of a beetle or an armadillo, the bony plates of a mailed fish, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
  • noun. The breastplate taken by itself.
  • noun. An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
  • noun. The breastplate taken by itself.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
    • Word Usage
    "Primitive armour was based on a leather foundation, hence the name cuirass, was derived from _cuir_ (leather)."
    cross-reference
    double cuirass  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    body armor  body armour  cataphract  coat of mail  suit of armor  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Armour  battle-axe  breastplate  broadsword  buckler  
    verb-form
    cuirassed  cuirasses  cuirassing  
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