1. Noun
A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
2. Noun
Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
3. Noun
The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
4. Noun
a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
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