plate armour

English

Alternative forms

• plate armor

Noun

plate armour (countable and uncountable, plural plate armours)

1. Metallic armour made of large pieces or plates.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 74:

     Plate armour was, however, completely introduced both here and in France about the middle of the fourteenth century.

Hyponyms

• breastplate

Translations

armour made of large plates

• Czech: plátová zbroj f
• Finnish: levypanssari
• Georgian: აბჯარი (ka) (abǯari), მთლიანი აბჯარი (mtliani abǯari), თორი (ka) (tori), ფურცლოვანი ჯავშანი (purclovani ǯavšani)
• Irish: armúr plátáilte m
• Polish: zbroja płytkowa f
• Russian: ла́ты (ru) pl (láty)

Further reading

• “plate armour”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “plate armor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.