cuirass
21cuirass — noun (C) a piece of metal or leather that covers a soldier s chest and back, worn for protection in battle in former times …
22Cuirass — a full, plate body armour, comprised of a breastplate, backplate, and sometimes, tassets …
23cuirass — n corselet, breastplate, backpiece, aegis, coat of mail; armor plate …
24cuirass — cui·rass …
25cuirass — n. armour for breast and back. ♦ cuirassier, n. horse soldier wearing this …
26cuirass — n. 1 hist. a piece of armour consisting of breastplate and back plate fastened together. 2 a device for artificial respiration. Etymology: ME f. OF cuirace, ult. f. LL coriaceus f. corium leather …
27cuirass respirator — see under ventilator …
28cuirass ventilator — see ventilator …
29Muscle cuirass — in bronze, 370 340 BC In classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass[1] or heroic cuirass is a type of body armo …
30Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation — (BCV) is a method of ventilation which requires the patient to wear an upper body shell or cuirass, so named after the body armour worn by medieval soldiers. The ventilation is biphasic because the cuirass is attached to a pump which actively… …