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Cuirassed | a. 1. Wearing a cuirass. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ] | Cuirass | n.; pl. Cuirasses(-&ebreve_;z). [ F.cuirasse, orig., a breastplate of leather, for OF. cuirée, 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 ] ☞ 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 | 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. ] |
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| cuirass | (คิวแรส') n. เสื้อเกราะ, เกราะหุ้มหน้าอก, เสื้อยกทรง, เปลือกแข็งหนาที่หุ้มตัวสัตว์ vt. ใส่เสื้อเกราะ, Syn. corselet | cuirassier | (คิวระเซียร์') n. ทหารม้าที่สวมเสื้อเกราะ |
| | เกราะ | (n) armour, See also: cuirass, defensive covering, corselet, Example: ในโลกของ King of Kings มีอาวุธโจมตีต่างๆ 14 ชนิดเช่นมีด ดาบ ค้อน อาวุธป้องกัน 8 ชนิด เช่น เกราะ ผ้าคุม สร้อยคอ และถุงมือ, Count Unit: ตัว, ชุด, สำรับ, Thai Definition: เครื่องสวมใส่หรือเครื่องหุ้มสำหรับป้องกันอาวุธหรืออันตราย |
| เกราะ | [krǿ] (n) EN: armour ; cuirass ; defensive covering ; corselet FR: armure [ f ] ; cuirasse [ f ] |
| | cuirass | (n) medieval body armor that covers the chest and back | cuirassier | (n) a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass |
| Cuirass | n.; pl. Cuirasses(-&ebreve_;z). [ F.cuirasse, orig., a breastplate of leather, for OF. cuirée, 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 ] ☞ 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 | a. 1. Wearing a cuirass. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ] | Cuirassier | 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. ] |
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