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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cuirass \Cui*rass"\ (kw[-e]*r[.a]s", or kw[=e]"r[a^]s; 277), n.; pl {Cuirasses}(-[e^]z). [F. cuirasse, orig., a breastplate of leather, for OF cuir['e]e, cuirie influenced by It corazza or Sp coraza, fr an assumed LL coriacea, fr L. coriaceus, adj., of leather, fr corium leather, hide; akin to Gr cho`rion intestinal membrane, OSlav. skora hide, Lith. skura hide, leather. Cf {Coriaceous}.] 1. a A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle. b The breastplate taken by itself Note: The cuirass covered the body before and behind. It consisted of two parts a breast- and backpiece of iron fastened together by means of straps and buckles or other like contrivances. It was originally, as the name imports, made of leather, but afterward of metal. --Grose. 2. (Zo["o]l) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cuirass n : medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
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