lorica

• There is no occasion to describe the rows of ditches, dry and wet; the staked pitfalls; the cervi, pronged instruments like the branching horns of a stag; the stimuli, barbed spikes treacherously concealed to impale the unwary and hold him fast when caught, with which the ground was sown in irregular rows; the vallus and the lorica, and all the varied contrivances of Roman engineering genius. —  Caesar: A Sketch
• The Roman army adopted the technology for their troops in the form of the lorica hamata which was used as a primary form of armour through the Imperial period. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
• Brachionus - These rotifers have a transparent turtle-like shell called a lorica and are found in a variety of habitats, freshwater and marine.
• When threatened, they withdraw like turtles into the lorica.
• I knew everything about roman formations, shields and helmets, lorica segmentata and Adrian's wall; T-34 vs Tiger vs Sherman tanks, differences between BF-109 and Spitfire fighters, etc. —  MSDN Blogs

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