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Meanings of wear a cuirass in English

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Usage of wear a cuirass in English
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Old wounds made it irksome to him to wear a cuirass.
Lectures and Essays
2
He was dressed in scarlet, and wore a cuirass of steel.
The Days of Mohammed
3
One wore a cuirass and sat astride a magnificent red stallion.
The river kings' road
4
I must strike him in the back; he wears a cuirass on his breast.
The Amulet
5
We now perceived a man who had approached us: he was armed, and wore a cuirass.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
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He wore a cuirass of steel, but that did not protect his brain from the corporal's bullet.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 03 : on and near the ...
7
He wears a cuirass, and yellow gloves, gray stockings, and boots with large tops, and kneecaps of cloth.
Roundabout Papers
8
Over it she wore a cuirass of gilded leather emblazoned with the ancient crescent moon and flame emblem of Skala.
Hidden Warrior
9
The Egyptian chariot held two persons,-thecharioteer, and the warrior armed with his bow-and-arrowand wearing a cuirass, or coat of mail.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
10
He now wore a cuirass of banded iron with mail skirting and a large shield on his back, all beaten and badly scraped.
Blood and Bone
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In the "Condemnation" the Emperor Decius wears a cuirass with a toga over it fastened on the right shoulder, as in the ancient imperial busts.
Fra Angelico