plate armor
noun
armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
any armor composed of, or having as an exterior surface, tough, stiff, flat pieces, large or small, of various materials, as iron, steel, or horn.
Origin of plate armor
First recorded in 1795–1805
Words nearby plate armor
plata,
plataea,
platan,
platband,
plate,
plate armor,
plate armour,
plate block,
plate culture,
plate girder,
plate glass
Example sentences from the Web for plate armor
The hot sun made him sweat under his plate-armor, but not for all the Solar System would he have laid it aside.
The Devil's Asteroid |Manly Wade Wellman