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plate armour
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Noun plate armour has 1 sense
- plate armour(n = noun.artifact) armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor - specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire; Array has particulars: 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
is a kind of plate, scale, shell
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