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Definition of Suit of armor
1. Noun. Armor that protects the wearer's whole body.
Terms within: Armet, Basinet, Brassard, Aegis, Breastplate, Egis, Cannon, Casque, Cubitiere, Cuisse, Epauliere, Fauld, Gantlet, Gauntlet, Metal Glove, Gorget, Greave, Jambeau, Helmet, Knee Piece, Nosepiece, Palette, Pallette, Rerebrace, Upper Cannon, Roundel, Skirt Of Tasses, Sabaton, Solleret, Tasse, Tasset, Tuille, Lower Cannon, Vambrace, Gusset, Voider
Generic synonyms: Armor, Armour
Specialized synonyms: Bulletproof Vest, Chain Armor, Chain Armour, Chain Mail, Mail, Ring Armor, Ring Armour, Ring Mail, Corselet, Corslet, Cuirass
Definition of Suit of armor
1. Noun. A collection of garments, usually made of metal, worn over the body for protection in battle from weapons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suit Of Armor
Literary usage of Suit of armor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... Articles from Samoa and Tonga Islands 17 Bashkir Ornament 18 Suit of Armor 19
Armored Shoe 20 Aino Quiver 21 Mandarin's Staff in Red Lacquer 22 Japanese ..."
2. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... suit of armor and weapons she had arrayed herself under the Red Douglas, that
she might seek out him who was the author of her calamities, to visit upon ..."
3. Troy: Its Legend, History and Literature by Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1880)
"But she warned her son not to engage in battle until she could procure him a suit
of armor equal to that which he had lost. Dismissing her nereids to their ..."
4. Chinese Clay Figures by Berthold Laufer (1914)
"... like ink" (mo kuang) and another called "brilliant like light" (ming kuang),
one suit of armor with a double seat in the trousers (liang tang [No. ..."
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