cuirass

Etymology
Attested since the 1400s, from, , from , spelling influenced by modern.

Noun

 * 1) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
 * 2) The breastplate taken by itself.
 * 1) The breastplate taken by itself.

Related terms

 * cuirie, cuir bouilli

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ризница, кираса
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kyrys
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: rintahaarniska
 * French:
 * Friulian: corace
 * Galician: coiraza
 * Georgian:, ჯავშანი,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: bolbrynja
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: сауыт
 * Maltese: korazza
 * Norwegian: kyrass
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: بگتر,, چلته
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: curazza
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Venetian: corasa

Verb

 * 1)  To cover with defensive armor; to armor-plate.