Thus the top of the cuirass had a little projecting bit of iron, that passed through a hole pierced through the bottom of the casque.
The four wrinkled paws and the serpent-like head of the turtle were emerging from its cuirass of tortoise-shell.
Neither helmet nor cuirass wore he; nor had he any weapon save his sword; nor had he sufficient strength to wield his sword to any purpose in the event of a close encounter.
A cuirass covered with fleur-de-lis was publicly exhibited, and declared to be that of the French king.
Bisset's mail was almost hacked to pieces; the Templar's vestments were torn to rags, his cuirass pierced, and his eye and face wounded and bleeding.
The most interesting feature about this little creature is the cuirass which so perfectly protects his body.
The cuirassis not connected with the entire body of the animal, but only on the top of the head and along the spine.
Each dog is dressed in a cuirass of leather and on his back is carefully strapped a pot of boiling, blazing tar.
The contrivances exemplified in the cuirassof the Pterichthys were scarce less remarkable.
Being unable to put on her cuirass because of the wound on her shoulder, she merely wore one of those light coats-of-mail called jaserans.
The cuirass and helmet of the Household Cavalry of the present day are not survivals, for they were introduced at the time of the Coronation of George IV.
The cuirass is generally made in two pieces, an upper and a lower, which allows more freedom for the body.
By means of attacks which the assailant renews as soon as they are repulsed by the assailed, the Carabus contrives to raise the cuirass slightly and to slip his head beneath it.
It forms a sort of cuirass equal in length to almost three abdominal segments.
But what can such a cuirass avail against the bandit's ruthless pincers?
But as he clung to the yoke and was dragged along, Turnus broke his cuirass with his spear, and wounded him.
That cuirass was young Talbot's, slain in the wars in France; that gap let in his death-wound.
Do you see this ancient cuirass shaped almost like a globe?
You do not wear your cuirass here; and your enemy might get a dagger planted between your shoulders as you walk the streets.
You are in a great hurry to get that bright cuirass of yours dented, Rupert; but I agree with you, the cavalry are always out of it.
After two days ride through Belgium they reached Valenciennes, where the uniform of Rupert, in the scarlet and brightcuirass of the British dragoons, excited much attention, for British prisoners were rare in France.
The clothes had already been sent down by mounted lackeys, and Rupert was soon in full uniform again, the cuirass alone being laid aside.
Bochart’s conjecture is strengthened by the fact, that Cadmus was either the inventor of the cuirass and javelin, or the first that brought them into Greece.
He had experimented only with revolvers shooting soft leaden bullets and these his cuirass had stopped.
He crouched upon the ground, holding his helmet over him, while saber strokes and pike thrusts rang upon cuirass and buckler like blows upon an anvil.
In every hot and fiery foray, the steed of Rhodolph is rearing and plunging, and his saber strokes fall in ringing blows upon cuirass and helmet.
When his cuirass was taken off, his wound was found to be but slight; but his men were so exasperated at seeing his blood, that they would have put the two captive Gascons to death had he not forbade them.
Hastily summoning their vassals, horse and foot, they bestrode their steeds, with cuirass over cassock, and lance instead of crosier, and set off at full gallop to the rescue of their brother saints.
The cuirass is of the same design as the flexible Greek type; it is made of overlapping bands of metal, which are fastened down the front.
The earliest metal cuirass consisted of two bronze plates roughly shaped to fit the body, and fastened together at the sides and shoulders.
Helmet, cuirass and greaves were slung in position on a tree-trunk, and the shield and other weapons were bound to the arms of a cross-piece.
The man was striking with a spear; he carries a shield on his left arm, and wears a metal helmet, cuirass and greaves.
The other cuirass was generally used in Greece from the beginning of the fifth century B.
He is usually represented in a chariot of steel, conducted by Bellona, goddess of War: on his cuirass are painted several monsters; the figures of Fury and Anger ornament his helmet, while Renown precedes him.
His lordship was represented in his scarlet uniform of Captain of the Guard, with a light-brown periwig, a cuirass under his coat, a blue ribbon, and a fall of Bruxelles lace.
Painted in front of his iron cuirass appeared the black cross of the League; and there could be no doubt that this was the extreme outpost of the garrison of Paris.
The edges of the cuirass at the neck, arms, and belt, were bound with red silk.
His cuirass was of shining silver, richly inlaid with gold, the figure of a flying swan upon the breast.
A javelin quivered in the casement; he tore it clear, and sped it clean through target and cuirass of a bold Ismaelian.
So as they struck upon the cuirass they could effect nothing, until some one, perceiving what the matter was, thrust into his eye.
Beneath your cuirassmust beat a noble heart; you are an old General who knows nothing of the tricks of crime.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cuirass" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
