cuirasses

/K W IH1 R AH0 S IH0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.

  2. 2

    The breastplate taken by itself.

noun
  1. 1

    (pedology) The armour-like crust that forms upon the exposure of a lateritic soil profile.

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