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Type of armour that covers the torso
A cuirass (/kwɪˈræs, kjʊəˈræs/ kwih-RASS, kyuu-RASS; French: cuirasse; Latin: coriaceus) is a piece of armour that covers the torso, formed of one or
Cuirass
Negative-pressure mechanical respirator
iron lung include the so-called cuirass ventilator (named for the cuirass, a torso-covering body armor). The cuirass ventilator encloses only the patient's
Iron_lung
Type of heavy cavalry that wore a cuirass
KWIRR-ə-SEER; French: [kɥiʁasje]; French for 'one wearing a cuirass') was a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass, sword, and pistols. Cuirassiers first appeared in
Cuirassier
Classical form of plate armor worn over the male torso
classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass (Latin: lorica musculata), anatomical cuirass, or heroic cuirass is a type of cuirass made to fit the wearer's torso
Muscle_cuirass
Full body armor from Greece
Archaeological Museum of Nafplion. Several elements of body armour (body cuirass, shoulder guards, breast plates, and lower protection plates) from the
Dendra_panoply
Type of cuirass (armour)
meaning "four mirrors"; whence Kazakh: шар-айна, şar-ayna), is a type of cuirass that was used mainly in Asia and Eastern Europe, including India, Iran
Mirror_armour
Decorative leather or fabric strips worn by Roman and Greek soldiers
a single garment worn under a cuirass, though in a linen cuirass (linothorax) they may have been integral. The cuirass itself could be variously constructed
Pteruges
Medical technology
Iron lung, also known as a tank ventilator, Drinker tank or Emerson tank; Cuirass ventilator, also known as a chest shell, turtle shell or tortoise shell;
Negative_pressure_ventilator
Ancient Greek cuirass at the Bardo National Museum
The Ksour Essef cuirass is an ancient triple-disc cuirass found in a Punic tomb in 1909 not far from Ksour Essef, Tunisia. This piece of armour is of
Ksour_Essef_cuirass
Ancient type of armor breastplate
The triple-disc cuirass was a type of bronze cuirass used in Southern Italy during the fifth and fourth centuries BC. It is named after the three discs
Triple-disc_cuirass
Armor originating from Japan
armour first appeared in the 4th century, as evidenced by the discovery of cuirasses and basic helmets in graves. During the Heian period (794–1185), the unique
Japanese_armour
primarily restricted to a (sometimes blackened) breast- and backplate, the cuirass, and a simple iron skull cap worn under the hat. By the later 18th century
Armour_in_the_18th_century
Personal body armour made from metal plates
century, plate armour was mostly reduced to the simple breastplate or cuirass worn by cuirassiers, with the exception of the Polish Hussars that still
Plate_armour
Seal and emblem of the US Department of the Army
the center is a Roman cuirass below a vertical unsheathed sword, point up, the pommel resting on the neck opening of the cuirass and a Phrygian cap supported
Seal and emblem of the United States Department of the Army
Seal_and_emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army
Historical form of cavalry
and armour-piercing spikes. The typical harquebusier would have an iron cuirass with a breast and backplate, and an open-faced helmet such as a lobster-tailed
Harquebusier
Painting by Velázquez
The Portrait of Philip IV in Armour is a portrait of Philip IV of Spain by Velázquez now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. It is one of the artist's most
Portrait of Philip IV in Armour
Portrait_of_Philip_IV_in_Armour
Japanese armour for the torso
Dō or dou (胴) "breastplate, cuirass" is one of the major components of Japanese armour worn by the samurai and ashigaru or foot soldiers of feudal Japan
Dō_(armour)
Method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing
larger formats. The prominent design of the smaller devices is known as the cuirass, a shell-like unit used to create negative pressure only to the chest using
Mechanical_ventilation
Type of armour
in the Almain rivet, the zischagge, falling buffe, and faulds. Laminar cuirasses were manufactured in Japan as early as the 4th century.Tankō (laminar)
Laminar_armour
British military unit
On ceremonial occasions, The Life Guards wear a scarlet tunic, a metal cuirass and a matching helmet with a white plume worn bound on the top into an
Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)
Japanese armor
samurai class and their foot soldiers (ashigaru). The Tatami dō (a foldable cuirass) or the tatami katabira (an armoured jacket) were the main components of
Tatami_(Japanese_armour)
Species of fish
(Sciades herzbergii), also known as the flapnose sea catfish, the mud cuirass, or the gillbacker, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was
Pemecou_sea_catfish
Type of armor from ancient Greece
other warriors in the Aegean wearing the linothorax instead of a bronze cuirass. This could have been due to the lower price, lesser weight, or cooler
Linothorax
Javanese term for war attire
Javanese texts. Its name comes from the Sanskrit kawaca which means armor, cuirass, a type of chain mail, any kind of cover, corset, jacket. Petrus Josephus
Kawaca
Roman armour
pluːmaːt̪a]; Latin for 'feathered cuirass'), also called the lorica hamata squamatque (Latin for 'hooked and scaled cuirass'), was a set of Roman body armor
Lorica_plumata
Polish heavy cavalry from the 16th to 18th centuries
1776. The hussar dress was ostentatious and comprised plated body armour (cuirass, spaulders, bevors, and arm bracers) adorned by gold ornaments, a burgonet
Polish_hussars
Soviet body armor
нагрудник, lit. 'Steel breastplate'), is a type of body armor similar to a cuirass developed by the Red Army in World War II. The native Cyrillic abbreviation
Stalnoi_Nagrudnik
Pieces of plate armour
flexibility, that form an apron-like skirt in front. When worn with a cuirass, faulds are often paired with a similar defense for the rump called a culet
Faulds_(armour)
Coinage of Valerian and Gallienus, emperors of the Roman Empire
of Gallienus with radiate crown toward right, the bust with drapery and cuirass; CONCORDIA AVGG(ustorum), hands clasping in sign of agreement. 253/254
Coinage of Valerian and Gallienus
Coinage_of_Valerian_and_Gallienus
occidental armour: Kusari zukin (mail coif) Mengu (mask) Kabuto (helmet) Dō (cuirass) Kote (vambrace and lower pauldron) Han kote (gauntlet) Sode (roughly pauldron)
List of medieval armour components
List_of_medieval_armour_components
Ancient Greek suit of armour
Courbin discovered in a tomb a panoply of bronze armour, consisting of a cuirass and helmet, probably dating to the last quarter of the eighth century BCE
Argos_panoply
Byzantine piece of armour
klivanion or klibanion (Greek: κλιβάνιον) was a Byzantine style of lamellar cuirass made of metal plates (lamellae) sewn on a leather backing or with no backing
Klivanion
Circular metal plate used on late-medieval armour
The first rondels appeared in the late 14th century, soon after rigid cuirasses made of breastplates and backplates had replaced the earlier coat of plates
Rondel_(armour)
Type of thick leather coat
periods of time than the cuirass. The finest quality buff coats were expensive, often much more so than the munition armour cuirasses typically issued to common
Buff_coat
light. Bronze breastplate armor was also used, in forms such as a bell cuirass. Little other armor was worn, and fatal blows to unprotected areas (such
Ancient Greek military personal equipment
Ancient_Greek_military_personal_equipment
Part in medieval and Renaissance armour
Sometimes they were worn with a metal finish, while the top part of the cuirass was covered in material (often velvet), the difference in finish making
Plackart
Army of Philip II and Alexander the Great
the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. Macedonian cavalry, wearing muscled cuirasses, became renowned in Greece during and after their involvement in the Peloponnesian
Ancient_Macedonian_army
Strong and soft type of leather
These were often worn in lieu of complete steel, either with or without a cuirass and gorget of metal. Modern buff leather, of which soldiers' cross belts
Buff_leather
Species of fish
Cathorops spixii, the Madamango sea catfish, raspfin sea catfish or spring cuirass, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Louis
Cathorops_spixii
Vieux Sequins et vieilles cuirasses (Old Sequins and Ancient Breastplates) is a 1913 piano composition by Erik Satie. One of his humoristic keyboard suites
Vieux Sequins et vieilles cuirasses
Vieux_Sequins_et_vieilles_cuirasses
Roman god of the sky
generally, though not universally, agreed that Caelus is depicted on the cuirass of the Augustus of Prima Porta, at the very top above the four horses of
Caelus
Type of European helm
this type of helmet to be mounted with screws or rivets onto the wearer's cuirass, though this only allowed the wearer to look forward, rendering helmets
Frog-mouth_helm
15th century European steel plate armour
increasingly common, eventually diminished itself into the early modern cuirass of the 18th and 19th centuries. Gothic armour was often combined with a
Gothic_plate_armour
Armour made of overlapping scales, without a solid backing
both infantry and cavalry, are represented wearing cuirasses constructed of lamellae. These cuirasses reach from shoulder to waist, and in many instances
Lamellar_armour
Topics referred to by the same term
the Latin name for a muscle cuirass Lorica plumata, a shirt of ribbed scales resembling feathers Lorica segmentata, a cuirass of metal plates Lorica squamata
Lorica
Cavalry with strong armor, horses, and weaponry
enclosed cuirass. In the latter half of the 17th century, most European lancers abandoned the use of armor aside from a helmet, and occasionally a cuirass. European
Heavy_cavalry
Military unit
Carabiniers-à-Cheval did not wear a cuirass. The decree of 24 December 1809 altered the uniform of the carabiniers: white costume, double steel cuirass (breastplate and
Mounted_Carabiniers_(France)
Archaeology museum in Alfedena
Finds of particular interest are a bronze belt, a Samnite three-disc cuirass and two kardiophylakes. The exhibition features funerary artifacts unearthed
Museo civico aufidenate Antonio De Nino
Museo_civico_aufidenate_Antonio_De_Nino
Armour worn to protect the thighs
cuisse meaning 'thigh'. While the skirt of a maille shirt or tassets of a cuirass could protect the upper legs from above, a thrust from below could avoid
Cuisses
English style of plate armour
Museum of Art in New York, has a specially designed corset built into the cuirass to support the weight of the burly king's large stomach. This harness also
Greenwich_armour
Uniforms of the army of Napoleon I
introduction of helmets and cuirasses. They wore an all-white uniform with light blue facings and red épaulettes. They wore a brass cuirass and a brass helmet
Uniforms_of_the_Grande_Armée
1242–1502 Turkicized Mongol khanate
equipped his army in the Mongol fashion, his horsemen with Mongol-style cuirasses, and their mounts armoured with shoulder, chest, and head pieces. Michael
Golden_Horde
Topics referred to by the same term
Thorax (arthropod anatomy) Thorax (θώραξ), the Ancient Greek term for cuirass/breastplate Linothorax, Ancient Greek armour composed of linen Thorakitai
Thorax_(disambiguation)
Ruler of Merta (1507–1568)
courage. "At this time H.M.(Akbar) perceived that a person clothed in a cuirass known as the hazār mīkhī (thousand nails) which is a mark of chieftainship
Jaimal_Rathore
Ruler of Almoravid Dynasty (r. 1061–1106)
javelins and daggers, most of his soldiers carrying two swords, shields, cuirass of the finest leather and animal hide, and accompanied by drummers for
Yusuf_ibn_Tashfin
Infantry employed by the samurai class of feudal Japan
jingasa made from iron, copper, wood, paper, bamboo, or leather, dō (cuirasses), kabuto (helmets), tatami zukin (armored hoods), kote (armored sleeves)
Ashigaru
Courtly entertainment with music and dance
Costume for a Knight, by Inigo Jones: the plumed helmet, the "heroic cuirass" in armour and other conventions were still employed for opera seria in the
Masque
Russian Red Army units during WWII
(Russian: шисбр), and are occasionally referred to as "armoured infantry" or "cuirass infantry" (Russian: панцирная пехота). Sapper-engineering assault units
Assault_Engineering_Brigades
Period of European global exploration
technologies and cultural practices, like the arquebus, European-style cuirasses, European ships, Christianity, decorative art, and language. After the
Age_of_Discovery
Collection of Latin glosses on the Vulgate Bible
*/ˈβɪtta/ OFr. vete Cat. veta Sp. beta Pt. fita It. vetta Ro. bată torax cuirass — brunia Frankish *brunnia. OFr. bronie Fr. broigne OOcc. bronha trabem
Reichenau_Glossary
Archeological age, 3200–600 BC
Bronze cuirasses, Urnfield culture, France, 900 BC
Bronze_Age_Europe
15th- to 17th-century men's garment
16th centuries to facilitate the wearing of the brigandine, breastplate, cuirass, and plackart, which had to cut into the waist in order to shift their
Doublet_(clothing)
Japanese warrior class
January 2015. Absolon, Trevor. Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017).[ISBN missing] Anderson, Patricia E. "Roles
Samurai
returned Oct 1944 HMT Cuckoo Nov 1939 Auxiliary patrol, returned Feb 1940 HMT Cuirass Sep 1939 Boom defence vessel, sold 1945 HMT Cumulus Sep 1939 Harbour service
List of requisitioned trawlers of the Royal Navy (WWII)
List_of_requisitioned_trawlers_of_the_Royal_Navy_(WWII)
Bronze and later copper coin used in Ancient Rome
2014-06-07. "Aurelian Æ As. Rome mint. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVG, Aurelian and Severina clasping hands, radiate
As_(Roman_coin)
Military with armoured vehicles
armoured cavalry referred to those cavalry regiments that retained the cuirass, and were commonly known as cuirassiers. After the First World War cavalry
Armoured_cavalry
Mideastern Middle Age war-time events during the years 769–969
been paid, and was forced to ransom the rest by handing over a valuable cuirass and a hostage from the grandees of his court. Among the exchanged prisoners
Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchanges
Arab–Byzantine_prisoner_exchanges
Painting by Carel Fabritius
A Young Man in a Fur Cap and a Cuirass (probably a Self Portrait) is a 1654 portrait painting by Carel Fabritius. It is an oil painting on canvas of 70
Young_Man_in_a_Fur_Cap
1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
deeply sunken main road and then routed. The blows of the sabres on the cuirasses sounded like braziers at work. — Lord Edward Somerset. Sir Walter Scott
Battle_of_Waterloo
Ancient Macedonian cavalry
mostly carried a xyston (long thrusting spear), and wore a bronze muscle cuirass or linothorax, shoulder guards and Boeotian helmets, but bore no shield
Companion_cavalry
1884 painting by John Singer Sargent
contemporary audiences found Madame X's dress so shocking: "'Though the cuirass would have had some kind of lining to soak up sweat, the model would not
Portrait_of_Madame_X
Ancient combat helmet of Greek origin
this not only gives the greatest protection to all the parts above the cuirass, but allows free vision." This piece of advice was taken up by Alexander
Boeotian_helmet
Military unit
endured by officers, as well as the huge cost of belonging to the unit (the cuirasses, for example, were silverplated at a time when the precious metal was
Life_Guards_(Prussia)
Spanish main battle tank
of an armament modernization program named Programa Coraza, or Program Cuirass. The acquisition program for the Leopard 2E began in 1994, five years after
Leopard_2E
1387 battle in England
to be found. As night came on, he slipped from his horse, put off his cuirass, plunged into the stream, and swimming across, escaped with the loss of
Battle_of_Radcot_Bridge
King of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC
Remains of the funeral pyre and banquet Gold Gorgon Head from Philip's cuirass (breastplate) The gilded silver diadem of Philip Ivory plaque depicting
Philip_II_of_Macedon
Imperial Roman coinage from 235 to 253 A.D
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head of Maximinus Thrax toward right, bust with cuirass FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing left, holding a vexillum resting on
Coinage from Maximinus Thrax to Aemilianus
Coinage_from_Maximinus_Thrax_to_Aemilianus
15th-century type of tournament with maces
Kolbenturnierhelms, were huge, rounded forms of the bascinet, attached to the cuirass in both the back and front. The face was covered in metal bars, and the
Kolbenturnier
Protection of the body in South Asia
The word kavaca is used in Atharva Veda in the sense of an armour clas cuirass breast plate as opposed to the varman coat of mail: ...warrior, mailed
Indian_armour
Plate armor used in Ancient Rome
culture. In Latin, the name lorica segmentata translates to "segmented cuirass." However, this name was not given to the armor by the Romans. Instead
Lorica_segmentata
anatomical cuirass with shoulder guards, decorated in relief on both the front and back. Two rows of pteryges hang below the edge of the cuirass. The upper
Statue_of_Germanicus_(Amelia)
Ancient Roman sculpture of Augustus
hypothesis is based on the fact that the central reliefs on the heroic cuirass depict the retrieval of Crassus' standards captured by the Parthians, an
Augustus_of_Prima_Porta
Roman emperor from AD 81 to 96
Domitian in military garb, wearing the muscle cuirass with decorative reliefs, from Vaison-la-Romaine, France
Domitian
Mechanical respirator
iron lung, gradually progressing toward self-sustaining respiration. A cuirass attached to a pump would create negative pressure to increase respiratory
Rocking_bed
Liturgical headdress worn by Christian bishops and abbots
piece of armour, usually a metal guard worn around the waist and under a cuirass, as mentioned in Homer's Iliad. In later poems, it was used to refer to
Mitre
Japanese combat helmet
Kabuto of gusoku (Tosei-gusoku) armor European-style cuirass, 16th - 17th century, Azuchi-Momoyama - Edo period, Tokyo National Museum
Kabuto
English nobleman, peer and politician
including blacksmith Ric Furrer and armourer Jeff Wasson reproduced the cuirass and placard of Lord Compton's armour for a 2017 Nova episode, "Secrets
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton
William_Compton,_1st_Earl_of_Northampton
Type of armor that protects the front of the torso
during an intertribal council on the Little Big Horn in 1909. Armour Cuirass Muscle cuirass Lance rest Linothorax Pteruges Walker, Paul F (2013). The history
Breastplate
1588 speech by Queen Elizabeth I of England
helmet on a cushion; then came the Queen herself, in white with a silver cuirass and mounted on a grey gelding. She was flanked on horseback by her lieutenant
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
Speech_to_the_Troops_at_Tilbury
are listed in the Jawshan Kabir (جَوْشَنُ ٱلْكَبِير—literally "the Great Cuirass") invocations.[citation needed] Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi surmised that the
Names_of_God_in_Islam
Late Middle Ages European plate armour
which were mostly used in Gothic Armour, couters, vambraces, gauntlets, a cuirass (back and breastplate) with a fauld, tassets and a culet, a mail skirt
White_armour
Helmet with horns
on them. Japanese kabuto with buffalo horns. Indo-Persian Devil Mask, cuirass and scimitar. Viking warriors are often associated with horned helmets
Horned_helmet
Social attitudes to nakedness
signification of the male body shown nude, partially nude, or costumed in a muscle cuirass. Romans who competed in the Olympic Games presumably followed the Greek
History_of_nudity
Last war between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires
Solidus of Heraclius (aged 35–38), helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding cross, struck 610–613 by the Constantinople mint
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
Byzantine–Sasanian_War_of_602–628
Shell-like protective outer covering of organisms
in a secure environment. The original meaning of the word "lorica" is cuirass, a type of chest armor, originally made of leather, afterward of plates
Lorica_(biology)
Head of the Catholic Church from 955 to 964
and that he had set fires, girded on a sword, and put on a helmet and cuirass. All, clerics as well as laymen, declared that he had toasted to the devil
Pope_John_XII
Medieval European open-faced military helmet
The gorget was often strapped to both the breast and backplate of the cuirass. In this late form the head was relieved of the entire weight of the helmet
Bascinet
11th century conflct between the Ghaznavids and Ghurids
Tur. While returning, at Marabad, the rulers of Ghur sent shields and cuirasses as tribute and submission. Thus the entire region of Ghur except the probably
Ghaznavid_campaign_of_Ghur
Architectural and artistic works of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome, Italy
sommoportico are the Trophies of Arms (consisting of a set of shields, cuirasses, halberds, spears, flags, arrows and quivers; in one trophy is shown the
Architectural and artistic works of the Vittoriano
Architectural_and_artistic_works_of_the_Vittoriano
Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
the early 19th century, others found several tombs containing an iron cuirass, sword, and dagger inlaid with gold. In addition, a sculpted panel depicting
Baqofah
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Boy/Male
Greek
God fearing.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Writer; Scribe
Male
English
Middle English form of French Pierres, PIERS means "rock, stone."
Boy/Male
English
From the heath.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Turmeric
Female
Hebrew
(סִיגָל) Hebrew name SIGAL means "treasure."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Irish
Tanned Hide; Yellowish-brown; A Green Field; The Warm Sandy Color of a Lion's Coat; Light Brown; Tawny
Girl/Female
Italian
Young.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Judge
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, Muslim, Zimbabwe
Dawn; Morning; The Sun
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n.
A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
n.
A soldier armed with a cuirass.
a.
Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes.
a.
Wearing a cuirass.
n.
An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.
n.
A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
n.
A cuirass.
n.
A cuirass or breastplate.
n.
A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
pl.
of Cuirass
n.
The breastplate taken by itself.
n.
A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.
n.
A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.
n. /
A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.