Armor

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Armor \Ar"mor\, n. [OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr.
     L. armatura. See {Armature}.] [Spelt also {armour}.]
     1. Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn
        to protect one's person in battle.
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     Note: In English statues, armor is used for the whole
           apparatus of war, including offensive as well as
           defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms
           every man should provide.
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     2. Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts,
        protecting them from the fire of artillery.
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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.
  
     {Submarine}, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See
        under {Submarine}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  armor
       n 1: protective covering made of metal and used in combat [syn: {armour}]
       2: a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
          [syn: {armour}]
       3: tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or
          plant [syn: {armour}]
       v : equip with armor [syn: {armour}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "armor":
     Philistinism, aegis, armament, armature, armor plate, bard, beaver,
     body armor, brassard, breastplate, buckler, bulletproof vest,
     callosity, callousness, callus, chain armor, chain mail, chitin,
     cloak, coat of mail, coif, corselet, cortex, cover, cuirass,
     elytron, episperm, flintiness, formidable defenses, gas mask,
     gauntlet, guard, habergeon, hard heart, hard shell, hardenedness,
     hardheartedness, hardness, hardness of heart, harness, hauberk,
     headpiece, heart of stone, helm, helmet, imperviousness,
     induration, insensitiveness, insensitivity, inuredness, jamb,
     lorica, lorication, mail, mantle, nasal, needles, obduracy,
     obdurateness, panoply, pericarp, plate, plate armor, protection,
     protective covering, rhinoceros hide, rondel, safeguard, screen,
     scute, scutum, security, shell, shelter, shield, shroud, spines,
     stoniness, suit of armor, test, testa, thick skin, veil, visor,
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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ARMOR, n.  The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a
  blacksmith.