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What is the difference between breastplate and cuirass?

breastplate | cuirass |

As nouns the difference between breastplate and cuirass

is that breastplate is a piece of armor that covers the chest while cuirass is a piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.

breastplate

English

(wikipedia breastplate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of armor that covers the chest.
  • A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

    • cuirass

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 19:
    • The cuirass covered the body before and behind, it consisted of two parts, a breast and back piece of iron, fastened together by means of straps and buckles, or other contrivances. They were originally as the name imports, made of leather, but afterwards of metal, both brass and iron.
  • The breastplate taken by itself.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "cuirass")