Their riders had cuirasses and cuisses of the same materials, and helmets of burnished iron. |
Protective gear like shields, cuirasses, greaves and helmets are extremely rare and almost never found in burials. |
They have learnt to kill one another in glittering cuirasses, in helmets topped with plumes, or maned with scarlet. |
By 1804, twelve French heavy cavalry regiments had become cuirassiers, with cuirasses and steel helmets. |
From the foundation of the city till the reign of the Emperor Gratian, the foot wore cuirasses and helmets. |