plate armour

noun

1. armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century

Example Sentences

I have three full harnesses – that people would recognise as plate armour – and I’m having a fourth one made.

From The Guardian

To disclose one's deepest frailties requires real courage, especially for many men, weighed down by the plate armour of masculine norms.

From The Guardian

Azure, a griffin or, about to tear, and ramping upon, a warrior, completely armed in plate armour, in bend dexter, across the lower part of the shield.

From Project Gutenberg

They are all covered with a strong crust or shell, resembling, as the Rev. J. G. Wood puts it, "the modified plate armour" worn by men in the 16th century.

From Project Gutenberg

Brass′arts, the brass pieces which, in plate armour, protected the upper part of the arms, and united the shoulder and elbow pieces.—ns.

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