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Definition of Armour plate
1. Noun. Specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire.
Specialized synonyms: Backplate, Beaver, Brassard, Aegis, Breastplate, Egis, Cannon, Chamfron, Chanfron, Front-stall, Frontstall, Testiere, Cubitiere, Cuisse, Epauliere, Fauld, Gorget, Greave, Jambeau, Helmet, Knee Piece, Nosepiece, Palette, Pallette, Roundel, Skirt Of Tasses, Sabaton, Solleret, Tasse, Tasset, Tuille, Visor, Vizor
Generic synonyms: Plate, Scale, Shell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armour Plate
Literary usage of Armour plate
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)
"On the other side it was maintained that there was small probability of any single
armour plate on a ship's side being struck repeatedly in action ..."
2. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1917)
"As armour-plate continued to increase in thickness and in powers of resistance,
guns of bigger and bigger ... In its race with armour-plate, the gun has ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1867)
"Behind this was a second armour plate ].j inch thick, with a cushion of timber
... This target consisted of а в,]-inch rolled armour plate, backed by 17 ..."
4. The Making of America by Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins (1906)
"armour plate MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES. BY CHARLES O'NEIL. ... The manufacture
of armour plate as an industry in the United States dates back only to the ..."
5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute, Ontario Mining Institute (1902)
"Armour-Plate Trials.—Illustrations are given * of two of Beard- more's 6-inch
plates, and tabulated accounts of the tests are given. ..."
6. Uganda's Katikiro in England: Being the Offical Account of His Visit to the by Ham Mukasa, Ernest Millar (1904)
"... CHAPTER XI Sheffield—Armour-plate works—Electro-plating—Brick-making by
machinery —Cutlery works—Exhibition of ladies' work—Reception by the Lord Mayor ..."
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