Definition of Armour-plated

1. Adjective. Covered with heavy steel. "Armor-plated vehicles"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Armour-plated

armorials
armories
armoring
armorist
armorists
armorless
armorlike
armors
armorsmith
armorsmithing
armorsmiths
armory
armour
armour'd
armour-clad
armour-plated (current term)
armour plate
armour plating
armourbearer
armourbearers
armoured
armoured car
armoured combat vehicle
armoured combat vehicles
armoured fighting vehicle
armoured personnel carrier
armoured personnel carriers
armoured truck
armoured vehicle
armourer

Literary usage of Armour-plated

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

1. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1871)
"... which may be classified as follows :—14 armour-plated iron screw ships; ... 1 double-screw armour-plated turret ship ; 1 armour-plated turret ship ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1865)
"In the following wood-built armour-plated ships, the armour-plating being ... In the main-deck compasses of some of the iron-built armour-plated ships the ..."

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