латы

Etymology 1
or independently formed as a lemmatized plural of ; in either case, ultimately from,. First attested 16th century. Sense development: “leather armor with small metal plates (‘patches’) sown onto it for additional protection” → “cuirass of metal plate”.

Noun

 * 1)   metal cuirass
 * 2)   plate armor
 * 3)  corset
 * 1)  corset
 * 1)  corset