lorica noun. [lǝ'rʌɪkǝ] Pl. -cae [-si:, -ki:], -cas. E18.
[Latin = breastplate formed as LORUM.]
1. Roman Antiquities. A cuirass or corslet of leather. E18.

2. The coping or protecting head of a wall. Only in E18.

3. A kind of cement or paste for coating a vessel before subjecting it to heat. Now rare or obsolete. M18.

4. Zoology. The stiff protective case or shell of some protozoans and rotifers. M19.

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