Lexic.us

Definition of Armour

1. Noun. A military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles.

2. Verb. Equip with armor.

3. Noun. Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.

4. Noun. Tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant.

Definition of Armour

1. Noun. (Canadian British spelling) (alternative spelling of armor) ¹

2. Verb. (Canadian British spelling) (alternative spelling of armor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Armour

1. to armor [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: armor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armour

armorial bearing armoriall armorially armorials armories armoring armorist armorists armorless armorlike

armors armorsmith armorsmithing armorsmiths armory armour (current term) armour'd armour-clad armour-plated armour plate

armour plating armourbearer armourbearers armoured armoured car armoured combat vehicle armoured combat vehicles armoured fighting vehicle armoured personnel carrier armoured personnel carriers

Literary usage of Armour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"After welding has been completed, the whole mass is reheated and rolled down to the finished thickness of the armour plate. The steel face is usually about ..."

2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"JO many changes took place in military equipment, and in the fashion of armour, in the days when valiant knights practised their skill in the lists, ..."

3. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society, British Pomological Society (1903)
"NOTICE OF armour AND ARMS AT EGLINTON CASTLE, THREE SCOTTISH SWORDS, ETC. ... The two suits of armour with the saddle, glaives, and halberd, ..."

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