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English soldiers, casqued and cuirassed, and lance in hand, form a cordon that keeps the crowd at a distance.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

A short while later the archdeacon, Gondowald the chamberlain of Queen Brunhild, and the Queen's twenty warriors landed on the Valley shore, casqued, cuirassed and armed with lances and swords.

From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Sue, Eugène

It is a pity, my lord; you can see tattered brigands, in their bare feet, yet casqued and cuirassed, and with lances in their fists.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne

Kit thought of Sir Geoffrey Blount, the old Crusader with chipped nose—mailed hands folded just so, casqued head tilted just so—asleep on the stone-slab in the lady-chapel at home.

From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Ollivant, Alfred

The casqued and mitred gentry are the English captains and the prelates.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne