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Definition of Ring armor
1. Noun. (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings.
Generic synonyms: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
Specialized synonyms: Brigandine, Habergeon, Byrnie, Hauberk, Gusset, Voider
Category relationships: Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Armor
Literary usage of Ring armor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chinese Clay Figures by Berthold Laufer (1914)
"But the author, as plainly stated in the heading, means to represent a ring armor
made of steel wire; and the description added by him leaves no doubt of ..."
2. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... A godlike youth in glitt'ring armor shine, With great Marcellus keeping equal
pace; What and of whence was he, who press'd the hero's side: He saw, and, ..."
3. Classic Tales by Famous Authors by Frederick Brigham De Berard (1905)
"Hector was dragging now Patroclus' corpse, Stripp'd of its glitt'ring armor, and
intent The head to sever with his sword, and give The mangled carcase to ..."
4. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, Publius Vergillius Maro, John Dryden (1881)
"j£neas here beheld, of form divine, A godlike youth, in glitt'ring armor shine,
With great Marcellus keeping equal pace : But gloomy were his eyes, ..."
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