plate armor
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plate′ ar`mor
n.
armor made from pieces of plate.
[1795–1805]
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| Noun | 1. |  plate armor - specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy firebackplate - plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass beaver - a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face brassard - armor plate that protects the arm cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm chamfron, chanfron, frontstall, front-stall, testiere - medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head cubitiere - body armor that protects the elbow cuisse - armor plate that protects the thigh epauliere - armor plate that protects the shoulder fauld - a piece of armor plate below the breastplate gorget - armor plate that protects the neck helmet - armor plate that protects the head knee piece - armor plate that protects the knee nosepiece - armor plate that protects the nose scale, shell, plate - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) roundel - round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit skirt of tasses - armor plate that protects the body below the waist tuille - armor plate that protects the hip and thigh |
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