plate armour

Noun
  1. is a type of: plate, scale, shell - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
    subtypes:
    • backplate - plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
    • beaver - a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
    • brassard - armor plate that protects the arm
    • aegis, breastplate, egis - armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
    • cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
    • chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere - 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
    • palette, pallette - 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
    • sabaton, solleret - armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel
    • tasse, tasset - 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
    same as: armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor

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