tegulated

English

Etymology

See tegular.

Adjective

tegulated (comparative more tegulated, superlative most tegulated)

1. Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.
   • 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65:

     Hefner gives an illustration of tegulated armour (Fig. 90) from a painting on vellum dating from c. 1090, when this system appears to have been introduced.