"Loricating" is a word in ENGLISH

Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.

An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.

To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

of Loricate

The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.