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Definition of Plate armour
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
Definition of Plate armour
1. Noun. Metallic armour made of large pieces or plates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plate Armour
Literary usage of Plate armour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"... therefore the armourer adopted the expedient which proved to be the " thin
end of the wedge " which gradually brought plate armour into fashion. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The period of mixed mail and plate armour extends from about 1300 to about H10.
The introduction of secondary defences of plate for the weaker and more ..."
3. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"Plate, " clothe in plate armour " (Folios, "place"; corrected by Theobald) ; IV.
vi. 169. Plight, troth-plight; I. i. 103. Plumed helm; IV. ii. 57. ..."
4. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"the victor of Bosworth, we pass on to the latter. This belongs to the period when
plate armour is considered to have attained ..."
5. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"Though, in the second half of the fourteenth century, the chain-mail hauberk was
rapidly disappearing under repeated layers of plate-armour, there are yet ..."
6. The Antiquarian (1871)
"in a suil of plate armour, with a sharply pointed basinet, roundels at the arm-pits
and elbow joints, moustaches— which went out of fashion about 1420 or ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"181, Mr. James says, " It is evident, from the continual mention of the corslet
or breast-plate, that it was a piece of plate armour used during the first ..."
8. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"... therefore the armourer adopted the expedient which proved to be the " thin
end of the wedge " which gradually brought plate armour into fashion. ..."
9. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The period of mixed mail and plate armour extends from about 1300 to about H10.
The introduction of secondary defences of plate for the weaker and more ..."
10. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"Plate, " clothe in plate armour " (Folios, "place"; corrected by Theobald) ; IV.
vi. 169. Plight, troth-plight; I. i. 103. Plumed helm; IV. ii. 57. ..."
11. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"the victor of Bosworth, we pass on to the latter. This belongs to the period when
plate armour is considered to have attained ..."
12. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"Though, in the second half of the fourteenth century, the chain-mail hauberk was
rapidly disappearing under repeated layers of plate-armour, there are yet ..."
13. The Antiquarian (1871)
"in a suil of plate armour, with a sharply pointed basinet, roundels at the arm-pits
and elbow joints, moustaches— which went out of fashion about 1420 or ..."
14. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"181, Mr. James says, " It is evident, from the continual mention of the corslet
or breast-plate, that it was a piece of plate armour used during the first ..."
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