scale armor
Fish-inspired defense wear
Scale armor is a type of protective covering made from small overlapping plates—like fish scales or reptile skin—attached to a backing of leather or fabric.
Used from ancient times through the medieval period, it offered flexibility while deflecting blows: The Roman auxiliary wore scale armor over his tunic.
The overlapping pattern distinguishes it from chain mail's interlocking rings.
- lamellarConsisting of thin layers
- platesFlat eating dishes
- overlappingCovering part of another
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
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- arms and armorswords, shields, helmets, daggers, axes
- ancient weaponssword, swords, shield, shields, bow
- armorchainmail, chain mail, breastplate, cuirass, hauberk
- armored thingstank, knight, armadillo, turtle, battleship
- medieval armsswords, shields, axes, spears, bows
- Roman militarylegion, cohort, centurion, legionnaire, legionaries
scale armorchainmail
Armor of linked rings
chain mail · plate armor · full plate · ring mail · padded armor
scale armorunarmored
Lacking protective covering
unprotected · plain clothes · nakedness · naked · exposed
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