The bronze cuirass was found in a tomb dating to the Iron Age.
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Cuirass
//kwɪˈɹæs//
Synonyms for "cuirass" (3 found)
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34 translations across 28 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- кираса noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
- ризница noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Catalan
2 entries- buc noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
- cuirassa noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 胸甲 noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Czech
1 entries- kyrys noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Dutch
1 entries- kuras noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Esperanto
1 entries- kiraso noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Finnish
1 entries- rintahaarniska noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
French
1 entries- cuirasse noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Friulian
1 entries- corace noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Galician
1 entries- coiraza noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Georgian
3 entries- ბეგთარი noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
- ზარადი noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
- ჯავშანი noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
German
1 entries- Kürass noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Greek
1 entries- θώρακας noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Icelandic
1 entries- bolbrynja noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Ido
1 entries- kuraso noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Italian
1 entries- corazza noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Kazakh
1 entries- сауыт noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Maltese
1 entries- korazza noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Norwegian
1 entries- kyrass noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Occitan
1 entries- coirassa noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Persian
3 entries- بگتر noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
- جوشن noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
- چلته noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Polish
1 entries- kirys noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Portuguese
1 entries- couraça noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Russian
1 entries- кира́са noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Sicilian
1 entries- curazza noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Spanish
1 entries- coraza noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Swedish
1 entries- kyrass noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Venetan
1 entries- corasa noun (piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle)
Sample sentences
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Hector wore a cuirass while fighting Achilles.
Source: tatoeba (9929228)
The cuirass covered the body before and behind, it consisted of two parts, a breast and back piece of iron, fastened together by means of straps and buckles, or other contrivances. They were originally as the name imports, made of leather, but afterwards of metal, both brass and iron.
Source: wiktionary
Lady Orkney's history, to whose house we are going, is a curious one. As Miss Elizabeth Villiers, by her charms she pierced the cuirass that enveloped the well-disciplined heart of William III.
Source: wiktionary
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