armor

armor
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. steel plate, mail, shielding. See defense.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An armored protection]
Syn. shield, protection, covering, guard, armor plate, breastplate, protective covering, mail, steel sheet, helmet, heat sheath, reinforced helmet, cuirass, bulletproof vest, flak vest, tin hat, hard hat, sallet, armet, target, gauntlet, visor, morion, basinet, heaume, casquetel, casque, siege-cap, helm, steel helmet, headpiece, brigandine, jambeaux, greaves, defensive clothing, defensive equipment, leg armor, corset, chain mail, buckler, hauberk, coat of mail, panoply, habergeon, lorica, plastron, trench helmet.
2. [An armored force]
Syn. tanks, tank force, Panzer divisions, armored personnel carriers, APC's, armored column, gun carriers, armor divisions.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
protective covering, shield, sheathing, mail.
WORD FIND
SUIT OF ARMOR
• arm, from elbow to shoulder: brassard
• armpit plate: pallette
• back and breast plate: cuirass
• bearer: armiger, squire
• chain: mail
• foot: solleret
• hand: gauntlet
• head: basinet, beaver, visor, armet, sconce, helmet
• jacket or tunic: jupon
• joint: gusset
• leg, knee to ankle: greave
• neck: gorget
• shoulder: ailette, pauldron
• thigh: cuisse, tasset
• trunk: tasset

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