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1. acton, n. View full entry 1328
...A padded jacket or jerkin worn under armour for protection; (also) such a garment worn on its own. Also fig. Cf. haqueton...
2. aegis, n. View full entry c1425
...Classical Mythol. A shield, piece of defensive armour, or garment carried or worn by Zeus (Jupiter) or Athene (Minerva); (also) a carved or painted representation of this....
3. ailette, n. View full entry c1440
...Each of a pair of pieces of leather or other material worn over the shoulders as part of the accoutrements of an armoured knight or man-at-arms....
4. alarmed, adj.1 View full entry ?a1518
...Ready, prepared, and equipped for battle; (in early use) esp. in full armour and with weapons ready. Also: called to arms, or roused into action. Obs....
5. almain rivet, n. View full entry 1512
...A kind of flexible light armour, originating in Germany, and featuring overlapping plates sliding on rivets; a suit or piece of this armour....
6. ancile, n. View full entry 1600
...The sacred shield of the ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven; on the preservation of which the prosperity of the city was supposed to depend....
7. anime, n.1 View full entry ?a1549
...A cuirass or breastplate, of Italian origin, constructed of plates overlapping in such a way as to allow comparatively flexible movement....
8. arm, n.1 View full entry c885
...The upper limb of the human body, from the shoulder to the hand; the part from the elbow to the hand being the fore-arm....
9. arm, n.2 View full entry a1250
...Defensive covering or appendages for the body; armour, mail. Now poet....
10. arm, v.1 View full entry 1250
...lit. To furnish with arms defensive or offensive. In early use: (chiefly) to cover (a man or horse) with armour or mail. Later: to provide (a man, garrison, stronghold, ship, etc.)...
11. armature, n. View full entry 1542
...Arms, armour, military accoutrement; esp. defensive armour....
12. armed, adj.1 View full entry 1297
...lit. Furnished with arms or armour; fully equipped for war. In intensive ‘Armed to the teeth.’ In armed demonstration, armed neutrality, it refers to the...
13. armet, n. View full entry ?1507
...A kind of helmet introduced about the middle of the 15th century, in place of the basinet. It consisted of a globular iron cap, spreading out with a large hollowed projection over...
14. arming, n.2 View full entry c1386
...The action or process of furnishing (oneself or others) with arms or armour; †concr. arms, armour (obs.)....
15. arming, adj. View full entry 1673
...That arms; that furnishes armour or defence....
16. armlet, n. View full entry 1535
...An ornament or band worn round the arm. (Sometimes distinguished from bracelet, which is worn only at the wrist.)...
17. armorially, adv. View full entry 1861
...In an armorial manner; in a way that pertains to arms or armour....
18. armour | armor, n. View full entry 1297
...collect. sing. Defensive covering worn by one who is fighting; mail. Cf. arm1....
19. armour | armor, v. View full entry a1450
...To put armour on; to furnish with a defensive or protective covering....
20. ˈarmour-ˌclad | ˈarmor-ˌclad, adj. View full entry 1862
...Clad in, or protected by, armour. ellipt. as A vessel of war protected by a sheathing of iron or steel. Cf. ironclad Also transf....
