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A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
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The breastplate taken by itself.
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To cover with defensive armor; to armor-plate.
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Usage: transitive
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medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: body armor, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract
First use appears c. 1464. From Middle English curasse, curesse, from Old French cuirace, spelling influenced by modern French cuirasse.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
ризница
(riznica)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Bulgarian:
кираса
(kirasa)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Catalan:
cuirassa
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Catalan:
buc
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Chinese Mandarin:
胸甲
(xiōngjiǎ)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Czech:
kyrys
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Dutch:
kuras
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Esperanto:
kiraso
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Finnish:
rintahaarniska
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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French:
cuirasse
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Friulian:
corace
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Galician:
coiraza
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Georgian:
ბეგთარი
(begtari)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Georgian:
ჯავშანი
(ǯavšani)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Georgian:
ზარადი
(zaradi)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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German:
Kürass
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Greek:
θώρακας
(thórakas)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Icelandic:
bolbrynja
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Ido:
kuraso
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Italian:
corazza
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Kazakh:
сауыт
(sauyt)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Maltese:
korazza
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Norwegian:
kyrass
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Occitan:
coirassa
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Persian:
بگتر
(begtar)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Persian:
جوشن
(jowšan)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Persian:
چلته
(čelte)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Polish:
kirys
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Portuguese:
couraça
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Russian:
кира́са
(kirása)
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Sicilian:
curazza
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Spanish:
coraza
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Swedish:
kyrass
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
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Venetan:
corasa
— piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
