slovodefinícia
cuirass
(encz)
cuirass,kyrys n: Zdeněk Brož
Cuirass
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a
cuirass.
[1913 Webster]
cuirass
(wn)
cuirass
n 1: medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
podobné slovodefinícia
cuirassier
(encz)
cuirassier,kyrysník n: Zdeněk Brož
Cuirass
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a
cuirass.
[1913 Webster]
Cuirassed
(gcide)
Cuirassed \Cui*rassed"\ (kw[-e]*r[.a]st" or kw[=e]"r[a^]st), a.
1. Wearing a cuirass.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a
cuirass; -- said of certain fishes.
[1913 Webster]
Cuirasses
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a
cuirass.
[1913 Webster]
Cuirassier
(gcide)
Cuirassier \Cui`ras*sier"\ (kw?`r?s-s?r"), n. [F. cuirassier.
See Curass.] (Mil.)
A soldier armed with a cuirass; especially, a soldier of the
heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster Webster 1913 Suppl.]
cuirassier
(wn)
cuirassier
n 1: a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass

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