noun
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
• Syn: ↑armour plate, ↑armor plating, ↑plate armor, ↑plate armour
• Hyponyms:
↑backplate, ↑beaver, ↑brassard, ↑breastplate, ↑aegis, ↑egis, ↑cannon, ↑chanfron, ↑chamfron, ↑testiere, ↑frontstall, ↑front-stall, ↑cubitiere, ↑cuisse, ↑epauliere, ↑fauld, ↑gorget, ↑greave, ↑jambeau, ↑helmet, ↑knee piece, ↑nosepiece, ↑pallette, ↑palette, ↑roundel, ↑skirt of tasses, ↑solleret, ↑sabaton, ↑tasset, ↑tasse, ↑tuille, ↑visor, ↑vizor
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—armorplated, adj.
a plate or plating of specially hardened steel used to cover warships, tanks, aircraft, fortifications, etc., to protect them from enemy fire.
Also, armor plating.
[1860-65]
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armor plate,
steel or iron plating to protect warships, tanks, aircraft, forts, and the like. Armor plate is now usually a specially toughened alloy of steel.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.