英和和英

名詞

plate armour (countable and uncountable, plural plate armours)

1. Metallic armour made of large pieces or plates.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 74:

     Plate armour was, however, completely introduced both here and in France about the middle of the fourteenth century.

下位語

• breastplate

Further reading

• “plate armour”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “plate armor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.