"Cataphract" is a word in ENGLISH
Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for
the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern
nations.
The armor or plate covering some fishes.
A horseman covered with a cataphract.
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Lat Arms; weapons, offensive and defensive.; armor; arms or cognizances of families
Read the complete definitionArmor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some …
Read the complete definitionDefensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.
Read the complete definitionCovered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.
Read the complete definitionArmor; defensive and offensive arms.
Read the complete definitionAccoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)
Read the complete definitionA piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the …
Read the complete definitionDefensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
Read the complete definitionAccoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
Read the complete definitionA piece of defensive armor for the arm.
Read the complete definitionA plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
Read the complete definitionA piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
Read the complete definitionA piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
Read the complete definitionDefensive armor for the thighs.
Read the complete definitionServing to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.
Read the complete definitionIn old European law. The defensive armor of a man; harness. Spelman
Read the complete definitionA kind of defensive coat-armor worn by horsemen in war; not made of solid iron, but of many plates fastened …
Read the complete definitionA coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of …
Read the complete definitionHence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
Read the complete definitionA flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
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