Cō'ri-ām, n.

noun

n. [Lat. corium, leather.]

Sense 1. Leather body-armor, formed of overlapping leaves or scales, worn by Roman soldiers, and those of other nations.

☞ Its use was continued in England till the reign of Edward I. Fosbroke.

Sense 2. (Anat.) The deepest layer of the true skin.

A line drawing of a person in a helmet and scale-patterned armor, shown in profile.
Corium.