cuirasse.
breastplate (piece of armour covering the chest and sometimes the back)
Meaning & usage
breastplate (piece of armour covering the chest and sometimes the back)
armour (protective plates covering some lizards and fish)
armour, armour plate (metal plating covering a ship for protection)
Where this word comes from
From Old French cuirace, probably borrowed from Old Occitan coirassa, or Italian corazza, or Old Aragonese cuyraça, from Late Latin coriacea (vestis) (“leather (garment)”), from coriaceus, ultimately from Latin corium, and probably influenced by cuir in French. Doublet of coriace.
inflection of cuirasser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of cuirasser: second-person singular present imperative
Where this word comes from
From Old French cuirace, probably borrowed from Old Occitan coirassa, or Italian corazza, or Old Aragonese cuyraça, from Late Latin coriacea (vestis) (“leather (garment)”), from coriaceus, ultimately from Latin corium, and probably influenced by cuir in French. Doublet of coriace.
first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cuirer
Where this word comes from
From cuirer.
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