Armour
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Armour is the British spelling of armor—protective covering worn in combat or fitted to vehicles.
Medieval knights wore suits of armour; modern tanks have armoured plating.
The word extends to any protective layer: an armour of indifference.
To armour is to equip with such protection.
The spelling with -our is standard in British English, while Americans use armor.
Armor of linked rings
- plateFlat dish for food
- helmetProtective head covering
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- breastplateMetal torso protection
gauntlet · greaves · visor · cuirass · hauberk · vambrace · pauldron · knight
Hard outer covering
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- armadilloPlated burrowing mammal
pangolin · turtle · rhinoceros · crocodile · porcupine · hedgehog · tortoise · beetle
Vertical enclosing structures
- barriersThings blocking access
- defensesMeans of protection
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- guardWatchful defensive attention
stoicism · detachment · shield · mask · toughness · vulnerability · self-protection · hardened
Highest point or tuft
- blazonHeraldic shield notation
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- heraldryStudy of armorial bearings
insignia · emblem · motto · lineage · nobility · chivalry · tournament · display
Protection against harm
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- shellHard outer covering
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
resilience · fortification · security · shielding · guard · insulation · resistance · impenetrable
chainmail
Armor of linked rings
breastplate · gauntlet · greaves · visor · cuirass · hauberk · vambrace · pauldron · knight · medieval
shell
Hard outer covering
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
armadillo · pangolin · turtle · rhinoceros · crocodile · porcupine · hedgehog · tortoise · beetle · crab
walls
Vertical enclosing structures
guard · stoicism · detachment · shield · mask · toughness · vulnerability · self-protection · hardened · guarded
crest
Highest point or tuft
- blazonHeraldic shield notation
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
heraldry · insignia · emblem · motto · lineage · nobility · chivalry · tournament · display · family
defense
Protection against harm
covering · resilience · fortification · security · shielding · guard · insulation · resistance · impenetrable · invulnerable
tank
Large storage vessel
military · panzer · personnel carrier · warship · battleship · ironclad · kevlar · composite · reactive · ballistic
- Gilded Age FiguresCarnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, Frick
- Meat BrandsOscar Mayer, Hormel, Tyson, Smithfield, Butterball
Armourvulnerability
Openness to harm
nakedness · exposure · defenselessness · weakness · susceptibility
- armor platingDefensive metal cladding
- chink in the armourExploitable gap in defense
- knight in shining armorIdealized rescuing hero
- body armorProtective garment stopping bullets
- suit of armorArticulated metal body covering
- medieval armorHistoric battle protection
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