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Cuirass vs Sabre - What's the difference?

cuirass | sabre |

As a noun cuirass

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

As a proper noun sabre is

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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")

    sabre

    English

    (wikipedia sabre)

    Alternative forms

    * (chiefly US) saber

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

    • Usage notes

    This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).

    Verb

    (sabr)
  • (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "sabre")

    See also

    * sabrer * sabreur

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