armor : Idioms & Phrases

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armor plate

  • noun specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
    armor plating; armour plate; plate armour; armor plate.
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armor plating

  • noun specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
    armor plating; armour plate; plate armour; armor plate.
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armor-bearer

  • noun a squire carrying the armor of a knight
    armiger.
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Ar"mor-bear`er noun
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  1. One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.
Webster 1913

armor-clad

  • adjective satellite covered with heavy steel
    armour-clad; steel-plated; armour-plated; armor-clad.
    • armor-plated vehicles
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armor-plated

  • adjective satellite covered with heavy steel
    armour-clad; steel-plated; armour-plated; armor-clad.
    • armor-plated vehicles
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Ar"mor-plat`ed adjective
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  1. Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.
    This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).
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armored car

  • noun an armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuables
    armoured car.
    • the paintings were delivered to the museum in an air-conditioned armored car
  • noun a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun)
    armoured car.
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armored catfish

  • noun South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
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armored combat vehicle

  • noun an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
    armoured combat vehicle; tank; army tank.
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armored dinosaur

  • noun dinosaurs having bony armour
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armored personnel carrier

  • noun (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
    armoured personnel carrier; APC.
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armored scale

  • noun insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
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armored sea robin

  • noun sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
    Peristedion miniatum; armored sea robin.
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armored searobin

  • noun sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
    Peristedion miniatum; armored sea robin.
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armored vehicle

  • noun a vehicle that is protected by armor plate
    armoured vehicle.
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body armor

  • noun armor that protects the wearer's whole body
    body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armour.
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chain armor

  • noun (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
    chain mail; ring armour; chain armor; ring mail; chain armour; mail.
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Coat armor

  • the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc.
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lightly armored

  • adjective satellite equipped with armor heavy enough to provide protection against fire from light arms
    lightly armoured.
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Mascled armor

  • armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth.
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Plate armor

  • noun specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
    armor plating; armour plate; plate armour; armor plate.
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  • . (a) See Plate, n., 2. (b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels, fortifications, and the like.
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Ring armor

  • noun (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
    chain mail; ring armour; chain armor; ring mail; chain armour; mail.
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  • armor composed of rings of metal. See Ring mail, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Webster 1913

Scale armor

  • (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth.
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Splint armor

  • a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates of metal, usually overlapping each other and allowing the limbs to move freely.
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Submarine

  • noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
    U-boat; sub; pigboat.
  • noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
    wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
  • verb move forward or under in a sliding motion
    • The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car
  • verb throw with an underhand motion
  • verb bring down with a blow to the legs
  • verb control a submarine
  • verb attack by submarine
    • The Germans submarined the Allies
  • adjective satellite beneath the surface of the sea
    undersea.
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  • a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.
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Submarine armor

  • a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water.
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suit of armor

  • noun armor that protects the wearer's whole body
    body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armour.
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top-armor

Top"-ar`mor noun
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  1. (Naut.) A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
Webster 1913