Meaning of dossière | Babel Free
/dɔsˈjɛəɹ/Definitions
The backplate of a cuirass; an item of plate armor covering the back.
Equivalents
Français
dossière
Examples
“The body armor consisted of the plastron and dossière (breast and backplates), strapped together at the sides;[…]”
“COMPLETE ARMOR Italian (?) ABOUT 1480 A harness [...] Their character is strongly Italian, and so, too, is the treatment of the dossière, of the knee, and of the shell of the elbow-guard.”
“It is elaborate armor consisting of large breastplates and dossière connected by leather straps over the shoulders, the two breastplates joined in front under a leather strap which is buckled to a wide leather girdle.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.