- A
cuir**** (/kwɪˈræs, kjʊəˈræs/; French: cuir****e, Latin: coriaceus) is a
piece of
armour that
covers the torso,
formed of one or more
pieces of metal...
-
classical antiquity, the
muscle cuir**** (Latin:
lorica musculata),
anatomical cuir****, or
heroic cuir**** is a type of
cuir**** made to fit the wearer's torso...
- (/ˌkwɪrəˈsɪər/; from
French cuir****ier [kɥiʁasje]) were
cavalry equipped with a
cuir****, sword, and pistols. Cuir****iers
first appeared in mid-to-late 16th century...
- iron lung
include the so-called
cuir**** ventilator (named for the
cuir****, a torso-covering body armor). The
cuir**** ventilator encloses only the patient's...
- The
Ksour Essef cuir**** is an
ancient triple-disc
cuir**** found in a
Punic tomb in 1909 not far from
Ksour Essef, Tunisia. This
piece of armour, generally...
- ****anese
armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the
discovery of the
cuir**** and
basic helmets in graves.
During the
Heian period (794-1185), the unique...
- century,
plate armour was
mostly reduced to the
simple breastplate or
cuir****) worn by cuir****iers, with the
exception of the
Polish Hussars that still...
- The triple-disc
cuir**** was a type of
bronze cuir**** used in
Southern Italy during the
fifth and
fourth centuries BC. It is
named after the
three discs...
- the
center is a
Roman cuir**** below a
vertical unsheathed sword,
point up, the
pommel resting on the neck
opening of the
cuir**** and a
Phrygian cap supported...
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occidental armour:
Kusari zukin (mail coif)
Mengu (mask)
Kabuto (helmet) Dō (
cuir****) Kote (vambrace and
lower pauldron) Han kote (gauntlet) Sode (roughly pauldron)...
