English > plate armour: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire. |
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| Synonyms | armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor |
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| Narrower | backplate | plate armor protecting the back |
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| beaver | A movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face |
| brassard | armor plate that protects the arm |
| breastplate, aegis, egis | armor plate that protects the chest |
| cannon | (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm |
| chanfron, chamfron, testiere, frontstall, front-stall | Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
| cubitiere | body armor that protects the elbow |
| cuisse | armor plate that protects the thigh |
| epauliere | armor plate that protects the shoulder |
| fauld | A piece of armor plate below the breastplate |
| gorget | armor plate that protects the neck |
| greave, jambeau | armor plate that protects legs below the knee |
| helmet | armor plate that protects the head |
| knee piece | armor plate that protects the knee |
| nosepiece | armor plate that protects the nose |
| pallette, palette | One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor |
| roundel | round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit |
| skirt of tasses | armor plate that protects the body below the waist |
| solleret, sabaton | armor plate that protects the foot |
| tasset, tasse | One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs |
| tuille | armor plate that protects the hip and thigh |
| visor, vizor | A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face |
| Broader | plate, scale, shell | A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
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| Spanish | blindaje |
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| Catalan | blindatge |
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