armoured combat
Steel-clad fighting
Armoured combat is fighting while wearing protective metal armor, particularly in medieval or historical contexts.
The term now most often refers to full-contact competitive fighting in which participants wear plate armor and strike each other with blunted steel weapons: The festival featured armoured combat demonstrations.
Also spelled armored combat.
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Irregular combat using ambushes
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