plate armour
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
plate armour (countable and uncountable, plural plate armours)
- Metallic armour made of large pieces or plates.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 74:
- Plate armour was, however, completely introduced both here and in France about the middle of the fourteenth century.
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Translations[edit]
armour made of large plates
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Further reading[edit]
- “plate armour”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “plate armor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.