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dossière

/dɔsˈjɛəɹ/

dossière noun: the backplate of a cuirass; an item of plate armor covering the back.

Noun

dossière (plural dossières)

  1. The backplate of a cuirass; an item of plate armor covering the back.
    • The body armor consisted of the plastron and dossière (breast and backplates), strapped together at the sides;[…]1902, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Proceedings, page 155
    • 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.1911, Bashford Dean, Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 7

Forms of dossière

pluraldossières

Origin of dossière

From French dossière (from dos + -ière) or a Middle or Old French predecessor.

Questions about dossière

What does dossière mean?
Dossière means the backplate of a cuirass; an item of plate armor covering the back.
What part of speech is dossière?
Dossière is a noun.
How do you pronounce dossière?
Dossière is pronounced /dɔsˈjɛəɹ/.
What is the plural of dossière?
The plural of dossière is dossières.

Words near dossière in the dictionary

  1. dossing down
  2. dossing off
  3. dossing out
  4. dossing-ken
  5. dossing-kens
  6. dossière
  7. dossières
  8. dost
  9. Dostal
  10. Dostals
  11. dostarlimab

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