Searchable Lemmata: curas (ME), curas (W), curacia (L), cuirea (L), cuirass (MdE).
Alternate Forms: corres, curesse, curais, curasses, curas, curess, curez, cuireta, guras, quirea, quiree, quireta.
1(n.)
Armour;
piece of body-armour consisting of a coupled breastplate and backpiece. Usually appears in the plural (curesse, curez, a peyr of curasses, a pare of cures, curays, [A payre of] cuuras, all in curas clad) .(circa 1234 still in current use)
1. quod ij lorice ... et quedam calige et quedam coopertoria et una quirea ... sua sint propria
Accounts.
[DMLBS Cl (424) 1234]
5. Dyn traws fûm yn dwyn tros fôr /Dur Melan i dir Maelor. / Clos harnais, fyclau seirnial, / Cwmplid a welid o Iâl. / Curas a pholrwn cywrain, / Garbras a dwy fwmbras fain; / Dwy gawntled, a gorsied gên, / A besgur rhag pob asgen. / A phâr cadarn las harnais / A’r traed fal chwarterau’r ais. / Sabitwrs ar y cwrs yn cau / Wrth ddeuflaen y gwarthaflau , / A phob metal o Felan / O dri thwits rhwng dŵr a thân.
Poetic.
[GPC GGl (39.1-15) circa 1445/1475]
6. Mi a’i gwelais, lednais lyw, / Dydd anrhaith, nad oedd unrhyw, / Yng nghôr, fy ngharw, yng nghyhudd, / Yng Nghaer fardd Emrys ynghudd, / Corff mawr ar y llawr gerllaw, / A’i genedl yn ei gwynaw, / A’i wayw ar gae, gwae a’i gŵyl, / A’i emys yn ei ymyl, / A’i lem lifiad, drem drydoll, / A’i aesawr, âi i’r llawr oll, / A’i bebyll didywyll du, / Nêr, a’i faner i fyny, /A’i arwyl a’i hwyl hyloyw, / A’i guras a’i helm las loyw, / A’i seirch yn gyfryw â syr, / A’i eisiau yn ei asur.
Poetic.
[GPC GIG (34. VII. 41-56) circa 1350/1360]
Sex: Male Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(n.)
Furnishing;
leather cover for a carriage.(1316)
1. una quireta empta ad currum ... regine, precii x s.; pro posicione dicte quiree super ... currum, x d.; ccc clav[is] deaurat[is] ad firmandum et ponendum super dictam quiream ij s.
Accounts.
[DMLBS KR (Ac 99/21 m. 1) 1316]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Speculative, From Old French cuirace, or from Old French cuiriee.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: cuirace (OF).
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