cuirass vs ladle

cuirass

noun
  • A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle. 

  • The breastplate taken by itself. 

verb
  • To cover with defensive armor; to armor-plate. 

ladle

noun
  • A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. 

  • The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board. 

  • A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. 

  • A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. 

  • An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. 

verb
  • To pour or serve something with a ladle. 

How often have the words cuirass and ladle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )