Cuirass - Cuirass

Japanese: キュイラス - きゅいらす
Cuirass - Cuirass

…It is also called red clay. Depending on the degree of hardening, it is divided into carapace, which can be easily broken by hand, and cuirasse, which can only be broken with a pickaxe. It has been used as a building material in southern India since ancient times, and was first named by F. Buchanan (1807) after the Latin word later, which means brick. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "cuirass" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…紅土(こうど)ともいう。硬化の程度により,手で容易にこわれる程度のカラパスcarapaceとつるはしでやっと砕ける程度のキュイラスcuirasseとに区別されている。インド南部で古代から建築材料に用いられてきたので,煉瓦を意味するラテン語のlaterにちなんでブカナンF.Buchananが最初に命名(1807)した。…

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