Cuirass Definition

kwĭ-răs
cuirasses
noun
A piece of closefitting armor for protecting the breast and back, orig. made of leather.
Webster's New World
The breastplate of such armor.
Webster's New World
A protective structure of bony plates.
Webster's New World
verb
To cover with or as with a cuirass.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cuirass

Noun

Singular:
cuirass
Plural:
cuirasses

Origin of Cuirass

  • Middle English curas from Old French curasse probably alteration (influenced by Old French cuir leather) of Old Provençal coirassa from Late Latin coriācea (vestis) leather (garment) feminine of coriāceus from Latin corium hide sker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French cuirace, see Modern french cuirasse.

    From Wiktionary

Cuirass Sentence Examples

  • He, therefore, took off the cuirass, and, when the Omayyad troops made their way into the city, attacked them furiously, notwithstanding his advanced age, and was slain.

  • As early as the 8th century the laws of the Langobard King Aistulf distinguished three classes of merchants (negotiantes), among whom the majores et potentes were required to keep themselves provided with horse, lance, shield and a cuirass.

  • St. Theodore is depicted mounted, wearing a cuirass interlaced with belts.

  • There is no evidence to suggest centurions ever wore lorica segmentata and never a mixture of muscle cuirass with segmentata shoulders.

  • My second, as I saw a long black beard against a steel cuirass, was to halt and await him.

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