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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cuirass

/(kwē̇*rȧs", [or] kwē"răs; 277)/ · Cui·rass · IPA /kwɪˈɹæs/
01 n. A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
pl. Cuirasses ((-ĕz))
  1. 1.
    A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
  2. 2.
    An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.(Zool)