Definition of lorica Lorica
lo•ri•ca
We found 10 definitions of lorica from 6 different sources.
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NounPlural: loricas |
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| lorica - a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lorica (n.)
A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. - lorica (n.)
Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. - lorica (n.)
The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lorica
lo-rī′ka, n. in ancient Rome, a cuirass made of thongs—also Lor′ic (Browning).—v.t. Lor′icāte, to furnish with a coat-of-mail: to plate or coat over.—adj. covered with defensive armour: imbricated.—n. Loricā′tion, a coating or crusting over, as with plates of mail. [L.,—lorum, a thong.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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lorica
A cuirass, or coat of mail worn by the Roman soldiers, was made of various materials. The ordinary kind consisted of a skin, or a piece of strong linen covered with small plates of iron, which resembled both in their shape and in their manner of overlapping each other the scales of a serpent or fish. Sometimes cuirasses or hauberks, composed entirely of iron rings linked together, were worn by the Roman hastati. A less flexible but more impervious defense was the cuirass made of hard leather or of metal, and consisting of two parts (the one covering the breast and abdomen, and the other the back), united by hinges and leathern thongs.
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🔤- lorica, noun, singular of loricae.
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