1. Furnished with or wearing a cuirass; also fig.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Cuirasse.… A good part of the German cavalry, are cuirassed.
1852. Moir, Portrait of Scott, Poet. Wks. II. 258. The cuirassed warrior, stern and high.
1854. H. Miller, Footpr. Creat., iii. (1874), 23. Remains of a large cuirassed fish.
2. Of ships, etc.: Armor-plated.
1864. Daily Tel., 12 Oct. The invention of cuirassed vessels.
1870. Standard, 12 Dec., 5/3. Cuirassed locomotives were ready on the Orleans line with guns to support.
