armor plate

or armor plating

noun

1. a plate or plating of specially hardened steel used to cover warships, tanks, aircraft, fortifications, etc., to protect them from enemy fire.

Other Words From

• armor·plated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of armor plate¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

"The skin of his eyelid is like armor plate," Charlie told her.

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Mars hissed his breath in and fired a blast of blue-white energy that would have drilled through a foot of armor plate.

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These cars were Rolls-Royces, and with their armor-plate weighed between three and three-quarters and four tons.

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Although on occasions they tried to use us as tanks, it was not successful, for our armor-plate was too light.

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It was always a surprise to see how easy they were to handle in spite of the weight of the armor-plate.

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