Armour
['ɑːmə] or ['ɑmɚ]
Definition
n. defensive arms or dress: heraldic insignia: plating of ships of war.—adj. Armō′rial belonging to armour or to the arms of a family.—ns. Arm′our-bear′er; Arm′ourer a maker or repairer of or one who has the charge of armour.—adj. Arm′our-plat′ed.—ns. Arm′oury Arm′ory the place in which arms are made or kept: a collection of ancient armour; Coat′-arm′our originally a vest of silk embroidered in colours worn by a knight over his armour.
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Examples
- Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I went thither to render to Isaac the Jew of York, replied Gurth, the price of a suit of armour with which he fitted my master for this tournament. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But he may not yet endure the weight of his armour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Next as to the slain; ought the conquerors, I said, to take anything but their armour? Plato. The Republic.
- Gurth shall carry mine armour; and for the rest, rely on it, that as I will not overload Malkin's back, she shall not overcome my patience. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It's their armour, he thought, their defence against the unknown, and their defiance of it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- No Christians here could buy so many horses and armour--no Jew except myself would give him half the values. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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