body armour

protective covering used to prevent injury to the body

Words nearby body armour

These might, however, have been the Gambesons that formed of themselves the body-armour of the soldier.

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe |John Hewitt
The surgeon was brought, and he speedily took off Sir Richard's body-armour, and laid bare the many wounds that he had received.

The Golden Galleon |Robert Leighton
His body-armour is covered by a surcoat of blue, laced down the front; he wears a gorget and skirt of mail.

Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages |Edward Lewes Cutts
It has been held to mean the kind of cloth called "muster-develers:" a body-armour seems implied.

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe |John Hewitt

From Giraldus Cambrensis we learn that the Irish in the twelfth century wore no body-armour.

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe |John Hewitt